Star wobble reveals black hole dragging spacetime
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
Astronomers have reported the first clear observation of a swirling distortion in spacetime produced by a rapidly spinning black hole, seen through the motion of material left over from a disrupted star. The team, led by researchers at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences with support from Cardiff University, studied AT2020afhd, a tidal disruption even
Astronomers have reported the first clear observation of a swirling distortion in spacetime produced by a rapidly spinning black hole, seen through the motion of material left over from a disrupted star. The team, led by researchers at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences with support from Cardiff University, studied AT2020afhd, a tidal disruption even