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NASA NuSTAR telescope measures supermassive black hole spin rate for first time

NASA NuSTAR telescope measures supermassive black hole spin rate for first time

Astronomers used combined data from NuSTAR and XMM-Newton to definitively measure the spin rate of a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 1365.

Tech & Science ·16 Jul 2026, 06:05 ·Daniel Okafor 3 min read
A ‘direct wave’ from colliding black holes reveals signature of a whirlpool in spacetime

A ‘direct wave’ from colliding black holes reveals signature of a whirlpool in spacetime

Researchers have identified a previously hidden component of a gravitational wave signal that provides a direct probe of a black hole's event horizon.

Tech & Science ·25 Jun 2026, 23:40 ·Daniel Okafor 3 min read