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Black hole found spinning near the relativistic limit

27 Feb 2013 Hamish Johnston
Composite X-ray image of the galaxy NGC1365
Black hole in a spin: NGC1365. (Courtesy: Guido Risaliti)
The best evidence yet that some supermassive black holes (SMBH) rotate at extremely high rates has b

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