New method of measuring the mass of supermassive black holes

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 14:01 in Astronomy & Space

Astronomers report the exciting discovery of a new way to measure the mass of supermassive black holes in galaxies.  By measuring the speed with which carbon monoxide molecules orbit around such black holes, this new research opens the possibility of making these measurements in many more galaxies than ever before.

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