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Astronomers Detect a Close Pair of Supermassive Black Holes for the First Time
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Delta_V lemmy.world Delta_V@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-02
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Link: https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-detect-a-close-pair-of-supermassive-black-holes-for-the-first-time/

...the two black holes orbit one another every 121 days. Their separation is roughly 250 to 540 times the Earth-Sun distance...
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Delta_V lemmy.world Delta_V@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-02
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H A U L I N G A S S ! ! !

Each is moving at ~6% of the speed of light!
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TachyonTele piefed.social TachyonTele@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-03
#3 · Quote Reply

Muse intensifies
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man_wtfhappenedtoyou lemmy.world man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-10-27
#4 · Quote Reply
TachyonTele wrote:
Muse intensifies

Lol this is the first thing that popped into my head too
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Brave Little Hitachi Wand feddit.uk yakko@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-01-08
#5 · Quote Reply
Delta_V wrote:
H A U L I N G A S S ! ! ! Each is moving at ~6% of the speed of light!

That's fucking insaaaaaaaaaane holy shit
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Mac mander.xyz Mac@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-14
#6 · (edited) Quote Reply
Brave Little Hitachi Wand wrote:
That's fucking insaaaaaaaaaane holy shit

18k km/s

Edit: kms --> kkms
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Brave Little Hitachi Wand feddit.uk yakko@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-01-08
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Mac wrote:
18k km/s Edit: kms --> kkms

Math checks out. Hang on, that's barely faster than Voyager II.
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Delta_V lemmy.world Delta_V@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-02
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Mac wrote:
18k km/s Edit: kms --> kkms

18,000 km/s
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Mac mander.xyz Mac@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-14
#9 · Quote Reply
Delta_V wrote:
18,000 km/s

Oops, yes, i meant kkms
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