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Article: POWER OF BLACK HOLE OBSERVED.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 22, 1995
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Byline: Associated Press
NEW YORK Scientists have gotten their closest look yet at the awesome power of a black hole, finding evidence of energy struggling to keep from being sucked in.
Researchers detected X-ray waves that had been stretched out by fighting the enormous gravitational pull of the hole, said researcher Andy Fabian.
Previous research focused on the far weaker gravitational tugs being exerted on matter much farther away from black holes, Fabian said. The latest finding involves energy very close to the edge of a hole.
``This is the first time we're actually making measurements where we can clearly say that we're ...