Single black hole may be masquerading as a pair
New observations cast doubt on recent discovery of binary system at galaxy’s center
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SEEING DOUBLE A recently discovered binary black hole might instead be a single one with jets that are much smaller than those seen erupting from this black hole in the center of galaxy Centaurus A. The image shows X-rays (blue), microwaves (orange) and visible light.
ESO/WFI (visible); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (microwave); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray)