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XRISM, a joint JAXA-NASA mission, has captured the sharpest X-ray image to date of a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole in galaxy MCG–6-30-15, providing new insights into black hole spin and the environment near the event horizon by combining high-resolution data with other telescopes, and confirming the presence of material orbiting close to the speed of light.
A study led by Yuzhu Cui has provided solid proof that the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 is spinning. The study analyzed 17 years' worth of data from a global network of radio telescopes and discovered a recurring 11-year cycle of precessional jets, indicating a misalignment between the black hole's rotational axis and the accretion disk. This finding confirms the existence of spinning black holes and presents new challenges for scientists in understanding their structure and energy transfer mechanisms.
Scientists have discovered "smoking gun evidence" of a spinning supermassive black hole at the center of a nearby galaxy, confirming Albert Einstein's theories of general relativity. By stitching together images from observatories, researchers found that the black hole's jet, beams of particles emanating from its axis, were moving in a predictable 11-year cycle, indicating that the mass was spinning. This discovery provides further evidence for the existence of spinning black holes and sheds light on the co-evolution of black holes and their host galaxies.