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To measure a black hole's ultimate spin, we have to go to space

Despite their depiction as massive monsters that simply suck in everything, including light, astronomers know black holes actually spin.

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Despite their depiction as massive monsters that simply suck in everything, including light, astronomers know black holes actually spin. And they spin really, really quickly. Determining just how quickly is key to understanding how they affect their immediate vicinity and the galaxies that surround them. A new paper by Tegan Thomas of the University of Virg…

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To measure a black hole's ultimate spin, we have to go to space

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