Physicists discover first “black hole triple” - MIT News
Oct 23, 2024 · Depicted in this artist’s rendering is the central black hole, V404 Cygni (black dot), in the process of consuming a nearby star (orange body at left), while a second star (upper white flash) orbits at a much farther distance.
First 'black hole triple system' discovered by astronomers - ABC News
Oct 24, 2024 · In short: Astronomers discovered the first "black hole triple system", some 7,800 light-years from Earth. The system, called V404 Cygni, was thought to be a black hole and a companion star, but a second star billions of kilometres away was also found to be gravitationally connected to the duo. What's next?
The black hole low-mass X-ray binary V404 Cygni is part of a wide ...
Oct 23, 2024 · Here we report that the canonical black hole low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) V404 Cygni is part of a wide hierarchical triple with a tertiary companion at least 3,500 astronomical units (au) away...
Extraordinary 'Trinary' Black Hole System Is The First of Its Kind …
Oct 25, 2024 · There, a black hole in a system named V404 Cygni repeatedly engages in behavior that has simultaneously baffled and delighted scientists. Now it's whipped a brand new trick out of its seemingly endless arsenal: an unseen binary companion, a star on a wide orbit of around 70,000 years.
First Black Hole in a Triple Star System Found - Astronomy
Oct 23, 2024 · The study, titled "The black hole low-mass X-ray binary V404 Cygni is part of a wide triple," was funded by the National Science Foundation. Star system observed 8,000 light-years away may be the first direct evidence of "gentle" black hole formation.
First Black Hole in a Triple Star System Found - www.caltech.edu
Oct 23, 2024 · The study, titled "The black hole low-mass X-ray binary V404 Cygni is part of a wide triple," was funded by the National Science Foundation. Star system observed 8,000 light-years away may be the first direct evidence of "gentle" black hole formation.
Physicists discover first 'black hole triple' | ScienceDaily
Oct 23, 2024 · A surprising discovery about the black hole V404 Cygnus is expanding our understanding of black holes, the objects they can host, and the way they form.
NASA Missions Monitor a Waking Black Hole
Jun 30, 2015 · In V404 Cygni, a star slightly smaller than the sun orbits a black hole 10 times its mass in only 6.5 days. The close orbit and strong gravity of the black hole produce tidal forces that pull a stream of gas from its partner.
First ‘black hole triple’ may have formed in a surprisingly gentle way
Oct 23, 2024 · In 1992, V404 Cygni became one of the very first objects in space to be confirmed as a black. Since then, it has been documented in over 1,300 scientific papers and is one of our most...
V404 Cygni - Wikipedia
V404 Cygni is a microquasar and a triple star system in the constellation of Cygnus. It contains a black hole with a mass of about 9 M☉ and an early K giant star companion with a mass slightly smaller than the Sun, and an evolved tertiary component.