X-ray Technology Reveals Never Before Seen Matter Around Black Hole

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Published on Aug 29, 2018


In an international collaboration between Japan and Sweden, scientists clarified how gravity affects the shape of matter near the black hole in binary system Cygnus X-1. Their findings, which were published in Nature Astronomy this month, may help scientists further understand the physics of strong gravity and the evolution of black holes and galaxies. Near the center of the constellation of Cygnus is a star orbiting the first black hole discovered in the universe. Together, they form a binary system known as Cygnus X-1. This black hole is also one of the brightest sources of X-rays in the sky. However, the geometry of matter that gives rise to this light was uncertain. The research team revealed this information from a new technique called X-ray polarimetry. phys.org Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-07-x-ray-t... https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155... Provided by Hiroshima University https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/sci/... Clips, images credit: Fumiya Imazato, Hiroshima University, Masako Hayashi, CORE-U, Hiroshima University, Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA/HUBBLE, ESO & NASA Music credit: YouTube Audio Library 1) Walkout - The Brothers Records 2) Stranger Danger - Francis Preve 3) Heaven and Hell - Jeremy Blake