Astronomers find evidence for ‘direct collapse’ black hole

Posted by on July 7, 2016 12:33 pm
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Astronomers have discovered evidence for an unusual kind of black hole born extremely early in the universe. They showed that a recently discovered unusual source of intense radiation is likely powered by a “direct-collapse black hole,” a type of object predicted by theorists more than a decade ago.

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