First Black Hole in a Triple Star System Found
October 23, 2024
October 23, 2024
PASADENA, California, Oct. 23 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:
Astrophysicists from Caltech and MIT report that they have observed for the first time a "black hole triple"--a system of three stars, one of which is a black hole. Prior to the discovery, this black hole was thought to have just one partner star not two.
In this system, called V404 Cygni, the black hole is consuming a small star that is spiraling in very close a . . .
Astrophysicists from Caltech and MIT report that they have observed for the first time a "black hole triple"--a system of three stars, one of which is a black hole. Prior to the discovery, this black hole was thought to have just one partner star not two.
In this system, called V404 Cygni, the black hole is consuming a small star that is spiraling in very close a . . .