A surprising discovery is expanding our understanding of black holes and the way they form
Scientists have discovered a "black hole triple" that is shaking up our understanding of how these fascinating celestial bodies are formed.
Now physicists at MIT and Caltech report that they have observed a “black hole triple” for the first time, a new system holding a central black hole in the act of consuming a small star that’s spiraling in very close to the black hole. But surprisingly, a second star appears to also be circling the black hole, though at a much greater distance. The physicists estimate this far-off companion is orbiting the black hole every 70,000 years.
Instead, the team suspects the black hole formed through a more gentle process of “direct collapse,” in which a star simply caves in on itself, forming a black hole without a last dramatic flash. Such a gentle origin would hardly disturb any loosely bound, faraway objects.
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