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M84 Black Hole Signature

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1997

Gary Bower12 May 1997

Science / Astronomy

Hubble spectroscopy maps rapidly moving gas in galaxy M84 and records a clear dynamical signature of a supermassive black hole.

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Gary Bower

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