Black-Holes' Heartbeats: How to Find Small Singularities
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 13:00
in Astronomy & Space
During galactic scans, NASA's Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer has detected patterns that are similar to that of an electrocardiogram - in x-rays. This comparison of two black hole's shows how the time between x-ray blips can determine their size.
