Astronomers dig out hidden black holes with NASA’s Chandra Telescope
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Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Telescope, astronomers have found out hundreds of previously hidden, or buried black holes.
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Telescope, astronomers have found out hundreds of previously hidden, or buried black holes. This discovery is going to help astronomers provide a more accurate census of black holes in the universe.The black holes in this new study are the supermassive variety that contain millions or even billions of times the mass of the Sun. Astronomers think that almost all large galaxies harbour giant black holes in their centres, only some of the black holes will be actively pulling in material that produce radiation, and some will be buried underneath dust and gas. By combining data from the Chandra Source Catalogue and ...