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Interesting sidebar in The Week (April 27, 2008, page 20) referencing a BBC.com news items (yeah, I know this is pretty indirect) that says a dozen binary pairs of black hole with orbiting stars have been identified near Sagittarius A by the Chandra X-ray Telescope. They go on to say
I can't find the BBC.com article so I have no further reference but I wonder if anyone here knows anything further about this?
Oh, and I should add that the binary pairs are stated as being "within a few light years of Sagittarius A", so not exactly right next door.
and that the galactic center is a hothouse for black hole formation.Because binary systems account for only a small proportion of black holes overall, they calculated that 10,000 other black holes must be lurking in the same area
I can't find the BBC.com article so I have no further reference but I wonder if anyone here knows anything further about this?
Oh, and I should add that the binary pairs are stated as being "within a few light years of Sagittarius A", so not exactly right next door.