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11.23.09

NASA Catches Two Black Holes Sucking Face

The Chandra X-ray Observatory helped discover two merging black holes a mere 3,000 light years apart
By Jeremy Hsu Posted 10.07.2009 at 1:15 pm 10 Comments

Black Hole Merger: Two pinpoints of light represent black holes in the center of this combined X-ray/optical image  NASA/CXC/MIT/C.Canizares, M.Nowak/STScI
Colliding black holes may prove more interesting to scientists than the immovable object versus the unstoppable force. New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has combined with optical images from Hubble to show off a merging black hole pair in all its glory.

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