Astronomers have calculated the speed of rotation of a massive black gap at the centre of a galaxy 60 million light years awayThere's a fresh spin on supermassive black holes: They're incredibly hasty,astronomers say.
It has long been suspected that gigantic black holes lurking in the heart of galaxies rotate faster and grow larger as they feast on gas, dust, and stars and matter. But there hasn't been a reliable measurement of the spin rate of a black gap until now.
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Source: theguardian.com