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Gravitational Wave Kicks Monster Black Hole Out of Galactic Core

Details: Published on Thursday, 23 March 2017 12:00

Gravitational Wave Kicks Monster Black Hole Out of Galactic Core

NASA press release STScI press release

Gravitational Wave Kicks Monster Black Hole Out of Galactic Core — © NASA, ESA, and M. Chiaberge (STScI and JHU)

Based on the article "The puzzling case of the radio-loud QSO 3C 186: a gravitational wave recoiling black hole in a young radio source?",
by M. Chiaberge et al.

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017, 600, A57