Orbiting Supermassive Black Holes Have Been Observed For The First Time

In a major discovery, astronomers have observed a pair of supermassive black holes orbiting each other, hundreds of millions of light years away.

The discovery is the result of more than two decades of work, and an incredible feat considering the precise measurements required. Understanding the nature of such interactions will give us a greater understanding of how galaxies, and the universe, have evolved.

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Everything has it’s first time. for us. We are onnly learning about our universe.

“even though the team has been observing these black holes for over a decade, they haven’t been able to detect even the slightest curvature in their orbit.”

That’s not surprising in the least.

“If you imagine a snail on the recently-discovered Earth-like planet orbiting Proxima Centauri – 4.243 light years away – moving at 1cm a second, that’s the angular motion we’re resolving here,”

Hmm.