(image found on the register uk)Yesterday, Astronomers at the NOAO (National Optical Astronomy Observatory) discovered two enormous Black Holes orbiting each other. This is a very rare occurrence. The discovery was made by Todd Boroson and Todd Lauer while examining data from 17,000 Quasars using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a major mapping project which has already imaged a quarter of the cosmos.
Quasars are thought to represent a super masive black hole in the center of a distant galaxy. Scientist want to figure out whiy they have never seen this kind of anomoly before.
There is a theory that predicts compact, massive bodies black holes orbiting should produce possible ripples in space-time moving at the speed of light.
Newfound Black Hole Duo Could Make Space-Time "Ripples" (National Geographic)
Shall we dance? Two big black holes found together (Reuters UK)
Stargazers spy elusive binary black hole system (The Register)
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