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Related: About this forumNearly naked black hole exposed by galactic close encounter
An illustration shows a black hole being stripped of its resident galactic material. Photo by Bill Saxton/NRAO/AUI/NSF.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Supermassive black holes are usually hidden away at the center of galaxies. But researchers at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory have discovered a black hole surrounded by relatively little galactic material. It's nearly naked, they say.
According to a new paper published in the Astrophysical Journal, the black hole's home galaxy was stripped of material by a close encounter with a much larger galaxy.
What's left of the black hole's galactic clothing stretches just 3,000 light-years across. The Milky Way, for comparison, is 100,000 light-years across.
The unmasked black hole is surprising, not just for its limited galactic insulation, but because the black hole is fleeing the close encounter at a speed of 2,000 miles per second -- still intact.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/11/02/Nearly-naked-black-hole-exposed-by-galactic-close-encounter/5651478112607/?spt=mps&or=1
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Nearly naked black hole exposed by galactic close encounter (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Nov 2016
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Orrex
(63,213 posts)1. Hey--NSFW!
k/r
TexasTowelie
(112,204 posts)2. Yet you played the role of a voyeur and clicked anyway.
Orrex
(63,213 posts)3. Twice, dammit!
I can stop any time I want to!
TexasTowelie
(112,204 posts)4. Says who?
What's a case of OCD among friends.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)5. Beat me to it!
RedCloud
(9,230 posts)6. Fleeing eh?
I never knew black holes were so guilt ridden!
Admit it black hole, you ate the whole other galaxy.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)7. Nearly nekkid? Why is it walking around with no pants?