Institute for Advanced Study: Researchers Probe Features of Star Clusters Surrounding Supermassive Black Holes
October 16, 2019
October 16, 2019
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 16 -- The Institute for Advanced Study issued the following news release:
At the center of our galaxy, millions of stars whirl in orbits around a supermassive black hole. This circuit can take anywhere from a few hours for stars close to the event horizon of the black hole to thousands of years for their distant neighbors. The nature of the dance--how the stars interact collectively through their gravitational forces--can vary from galaxy to galaxy.
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At the center of our galaxy, millions of stars whirl in orbits around a supermassive black hole. This circuit can take anywhere from a few hours for stars close to the event horizon of the black hole to thousands of years for their distant neighbors. The nature of the dance--how the stars interact collectively through their gravitational forces--can vary from galaxy to galaxy.
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