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After observing the merger of three black holes, Indian scientists have accomplished a wonderful feat. On Friday, three black holes emerged from three distinct galaxies, forming a massive galactic nucleus-like structure in the cosmos.
The mind-boggling phenomenon was discovered in a newly discovered galaxy that shines brighter than usual for galaxies.
After anomalous emissions from the NGC7734 galaxy were found, scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) recorded the merger of three black holes.Brightness radiating from the northern arm of the nearby NGC7733 galaxy complemented this. Jyoti Yadav, Mousumi Das, and Sudhanshu Barway of the IIA collaborated with Francoise Combes of the College de France’s Chaire Galaxies et Cosmologie in Paris to achieve this feat.
What is Black hole?
A black hole is an area of spacetime where gravity is so powerful that nothing can escape it, including particles and electromagnetic waves like light. A sufficiently compact mass can bend spacetime to generate a black hole, according to general relativity theory.
How were the black holes detected?
Astronomers used the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) to record their findings, with assistance from MUSE, a field optical telescope in Chile.
The IRSF in South Africa provided infrared images that were also utilised in the process. Let’s be clear about something: Black holes are difficult to detect because their gravity is so intense that not even light can escape and gets dragged into the other side. What’s on the other side of the fence? We’ll never know for sure. As depicted in the sci-fi cartoon series Voltron, black holes could be the universe’s transportation system. (PS: We recommend watching the Rick & Morty spoof instead.) The discovery of black holes in the first place is a remarkable achievement, as black holes do not emit any obvious evidence of their own existence in the absence of light.
By: Divyanshi Jaiswal
