Tour: Chandra Shows Giant Black Hole Spins Slower Than Its Peers

Update: 2022-06-30

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Astronomers used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to determine the spin of the black hole in H1821+643, making it the most massive one to have an accurate measurement of this fundamental property.

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Tour: Chandra Shows Giant Black Hole Spins Slower Than Its Peers

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Tour: Chandra Shows Giant Black Hole Spins Slower Than Its Peers

Tour: Chandra Shows Giant Black Hole Spins Slower Than Its Peers