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Sep 1, 2021

Astronomers Use “X-Ray Magnifying Glass” To Enhance View of Distant Black Holes

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Astronomers have used an “X-ray magnifying glass” to study a black hole system in the early Universe. The amplification and magnification of light by an intervening galaxy allowed the detection of two distant X-ray-emitting objects. The objects are either two growing supermassive black holes.

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