Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Two Black Holes Observed Circling Each Other for the First Time

Artistic illustration of OJ287 as a binary black hole system. Credit: AAS 2018

For the first time, astronomers have managed to capture a radio image showing two black holes orbiting each other. The observation confirmed the existence of black hole pairs. In the past, astronomers have only managed to image individual black holes.



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