Such mergers keep on happening in the universe, but all are not detected. The current finding holds importance for astronomers around the world
It is a rare feat for the Indian astronomers who discovered three supermassive black holes. They observed the merger of three black holes that formed triple active galactic nucleus (AGN) with higher luminosity than normal.
Such mergers keep on happening in the universe, but all are not detected. The current finding holds importance for astronomers around the world.
The scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) recorded the merger of three black holes.
The scientists Jyoti Yadav, Mousumi Das, and Sudhanshu Barway worked in collaboration with Francoise Combes from College de France, Chaire Galaxies et Cosmologie in Paris and achieved the rare feat.
Unusual emissions from the NGC7734 galaxy led scientists to record the rare phenomenon from the IIA.
Mostly the black holes are recognised by their interaction with objects in their vicinity. If gravity in a particular area is high beyond normal, the region most probably has a black hole
A black hole, according to Britannica, is a cosmic body of extremely intense gravity from which nothing, not even light, can escape. “A black hole can be formed by the death of a massive star. When such a star has exhausted the internal thermonuclear fuels in its core at the end of its life, the core becomes unstable and gravitationally collapses inward upon itself, and the star’s outer layers are blown away. The crushing weight of constituent matter falling in from all sides compresses the dying star to a point of zero volume and infinite density called the singularity.”
Mostly the black holes are recognised by their interaction with objects in their vicinity. If gravity in a particular area is high beyond normal, the region most probably has a black hole.