Light detected behind a black hole for the first time
By Ashley Strickland, CNN
It’s a light show in space unlike any other.
For the first time, scientists have detected light from behind a black hole, and it fulfills a prediction rooted in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Stanford University astrophysicist Dan Wilkins and his colleagues observed X-rays that were released by a supermassive black hole located at the center of a galaxy that is 800 million light-years from Earth.
These bright light flares are not unusual because although light can’t escape a black hole, the enormous gravity around it can heat up material to millions of degrees. This can release radio waves and X-rays. Sometimes, this super-heated material is hurled out into space by rapid jets including X-rays and gamma rays.
Light detected behind a black hole for the first time
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Astronomers Spot Light From Behind a Black Hole for the First Time – Proving Einstein Right Again
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