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November 15, 2010

Evidence Found for Youngest Black Hole Ever Seen - Yahoo! News

Evidence Found for Youngest Black Hole Ever Seen

A cosmic explosion seen 31 years ago may have been the birth cry of the youngest black hole ever observed, which could help researchers understand how black holes are born and evolve.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory picked up strong X-ray emissions coming from the region around an exploded star, or supernova, named SN 1979C, about 50 million light-years away in the Virgo cluster. The star was observed exploding in 1979

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