How to spot a spinning black hole: Twisted space-time should be visible from Earth, say researchers

Monday, February 14, 2011 - 07:00 in Astronomy & Space

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of astronomers and physicists – including Dr Gabriel Molina-Terriza of Macquarie University Sydney has found that rotating black holes leave an imprint on passing radiation that ought to be detectable using today’s most sensitive radio telescopes. Observing this signature, they say, could tell us more about how galaxies evolve and provide a further test of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

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