Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Space P*rn.

Black hole discovered to be moving at millions of miles an hour.

As if black holes weren't already scary enough, it now appears that they can move — and they can move fast. New observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have revealed a massive black hole that is careening away from its host galaxy at a speed of several million miles per hour. Astronomers speculate that the black hole collided and merged with another black hole and received a powerful recoil kick from the gravitational wave radiation. The finding suggests that large black holes may be roaming undetected out in the vastness of space.

Gosh! Wow!

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