Senin, 13 Juni 2011

Milky Way's central black hole that is gaping


5:11 PM Paris - Scientists have discovered a large hole that sucks in the heart of our galaxy's gravity.
Various observations are entrancing, which will be broadcast later this month, offers the best evidence so far that a number of giant-sized black holes - the most influential force in the universe and confusing, really exists.
By tracking the orbits of 28 stars in our Milky Way for more than 16 years, scientists in Germany to follow the most detailed portrait ever available on a variety of monsters not seen this.
Black holes are believed to be the scientists concentrated gravitational field is so strong, so that any object, including light can not escape from hisapannya.
The only way to feel their presence is to examine the impact of the black hole of celestial objects that are nearby.
This black hole known as Sagittarius A-star
"Orbits of stars in the galaxy center show that the large central mass concentration emat million solar mass black hole and it must have been, no doubt," says Reinhard Genzel of the Earth Institute of Physics Outer Max Planck near Munich, Germany, in a statement.
A "mass of the sun" is equal to the mass of our sun.
The researchers are also able to calculate with precision the greater the distance between Earth and the galaxy center, which is 27,000 light years.
A light year is the distance light travels in a year, or about 10 trillion kilometers.

Unique laboratory
"The galaxy center is a unique laboratory, temnpat we can examine some of the basic processes of strong gravity, stellar dynamics and star formation," said Genzel told DPA.
Sagittarius A gives us the most detailed view ever we get on very large black hole because of its proximity to Earth, he said.
Interstellar dust that fill the blocks Galaxy blocking our direct view of the Milky Way's central region in visible light. So astronomers have to use infrared wavelengths to penetrate the dust.
The position of the stars were measured with a precision six times greater than previous studies, the equivalent of seeing a coin from a distance of about 10,000 kilometers.
Various observations made using a camera SHARP at the New Technology Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile and the Very Large Telescope equipment at ESO. (*)

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