A black hole spins on its side

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A black hole spins on its side

Post by Dragon Mon Feb 28, 2022 1:24 am

Researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, found that the axis of rotation of a black hole in a binary system is tilted more than 40 degrees relative to the axis of stellar orbit.

The finding challenges current theoretical models of black hole formation.

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Re: A black hole spins on its side

Post by Dragon Mon Feb 28, 2022 1:25 am

A black hole spins on its side Death-spiral-a-black-h

Credit: R. Hynes

Artist impression of the X-ray binary system MAXI J1820+070 containing a black hole (small black dot at the center of the gaseous disk) and a companion star.

A narrow jet is directed along the black hole spin axis, which is strongly misaligned from the rotation axis of the orbit.

Image produced with Binsim.

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