NASA Open Science Reveals Sounds of Space

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NASA Finds ‘Sideways’ Black Hole Using Legacy Data, New Techniques

NASA researchers have discovered a perplexing case of a black hole that appears to be “tipped over,” rotating in an unexpected direction relative to the galaxy surrounding it. That galaxy, called NGC 5084, has been known for years, but the sideways secret of its central black hole lay hidden in old data archives. The discovery (…)