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Gravitational vortex provides new way to study matter close to a black hole

14 July 2016 Astronomy Now

The European Space Agency’s orbiting XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has proved the existence of a ‘gravitational vortex’ around a black hole. The discovery, aided by NASA’s NuSTAR mission, solves a mystery that has eluded astronomers for more than 30 years and will allow them to map the behaviour of matter very close to black holes.

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  • In a first, astronomers find traces of a planet orbiting a white dwarf

    7 December 2019
  • Record-setting ultra-massive black hole found at heart of galaxy cluster

    5 December 2019
  • Scientists conclude planets possible around supermassive black holes

    2 December 2019
  • Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov sports 160,000-kilometre-long tail

    27 November 2019
  • Earth’s magnetic field ‘sings’ during energetic solar storms

    26 November 2019
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