Indian American Reveals The Mystery About The Black Hole

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On this context, Richard Mushotzky UMD astronomy professor and a co-author said, "Objects in this range are the least expected of all black holes, astronomers have been asking—do these objects exist or do they not exist? What are their properties? Until now we have not had the data to answer these questions,” reports The Times of India.

" While the intermediate-mass black hole that the team studied is not the first one measured, it is the first one so precisely measured, establishing it as a compelling example of this class of black holes," added Mushotzky.

It is estimated that the black holes are invisible, but they can be figured by the astronomers by tracking their gravitational pull on the other objects. Pasham,  will start his  post-doctoral research position at Nasa Goddard has recognized six potential intermediate-mass black holes that Nasa's  upcoming X-ray telescope NICER might reveal more about the mysteries of black hole.

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