Researchers discovered an unusual gas cloud called the 'Tadpole' potentially orbiting a massive black hole 100,000 times the mass of the Sun, and plan to use ALMA to search for signs of the black hole A peculiar cloud of gas, nicknamed the Tadpole due to its shape, appears to be revolving around
Artist’s Impression of the “Tadpole” Molecular Cloud and the black hole at the gravitational center of its orbit. Credit: Keio Universityblack holeA peculiar cloud of gas, nicknamed the Tadpole due to its shape, appears to be revolving around a space devoid of any bright objects. This suggests that the Tadpole is orbiting a dark object, most likely a100,000 times more massive than the Sun. Future observations will help determine what is responsible for the shape and motion of the Tadpole.
A team of Japanese researchers led by Miyuki Kaneko at Keio University used data from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, operated by the East Asian Observatory, and NAOJ’s Nobeyama 45-m Radio Telescope to identify an unusual cloud of gas about 27,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. The curved “Tadpole” shape of the molecular gas cloud strongly suggests that it is being stretched as it orbits around a massive compact object.
Because black holes don’t emit light, the only way to detect them is when they interact with other objects. This leaves astronomers in the dark about just how many black holes, and with what range of masses, might be lurking in the
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