Runaway black hole provides evidence to support Einstein’s theory of gravity, Harvard astronomers say

June 5, 2012

CREDIT: NASA/Chandra X-ray observatory/Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory/Francesca Civano

Harvard-Smithsonian astronomers have found a galaxy (within the outlined box) that contains a massive black hole that is being ejected at several million miles per hour. Researchers used a combination of images from telescopes to narrow their ideas about what is happening in this galaxy, supporting the ejected black hole theory. The top image shows a single source of X-rays, indicating that there is a single black hole in this galaxy moving away from the star cluster at the center of the galaxy.

Boston Globe Article

http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.0815 (observational data)
http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.6202 (theoretical interpretation)

Chandra Press Release