At the onset of 2015, astronomers found a pair of mammoth black holes circling toward a collision of such intensity that it would send a burst of gravitational waves spreading out through space-time itself.
Now, astronomers at Columbia University show added proof of the fact that a pair of orbiting black holes is leading to rhythmic flashes of light that are originating from quasar PG 1302-102.
On the basis of calculations of the mass of the black hole pair jointly and in relation to each other, researchers have predicted a collision about 100,000 years from now. The study has been published in the journal ‘Nature‘.
As reported by Nature World Report
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