Light from behind a black hole spotted for 1st time, proving Einstein right

By Ben Turner – Staff Writer 

The “luminous echoes” come from the rear part of the black hole’s corona

An illustration of a black hole. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library)

Astronomers have detected light coming from behind a black hole for the first time, proving Albert Einstein right, yet again.

Researchers were studying the X-rays flaring from a supermassive black hole in the center of the spiral galaxy, Zwicky 1, 800 million light-years away when they discovered the unexpected phenomenon.

Alongside the expected X-ray flashes from the front of the black hole, the scientists also detected a number of “luminous echoes” from an origin they initially couldn’t place.

Stranger still, the out-of-place light bursts were smaller, arrived later and had different colors from the flares seen coming from the front of the black hole. ……..More Here

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