OJ 287 Galaxy Likely Harbors Supermassive Black Hole Binary at Its Center, Observations Suggest

Jul 31, 2025 - 15:30
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OJ 287 Galaxy Likely Harbors Supermassive Black Hole Binary at Its Center, Observations Suggest
This image of OJ 287 reveals the sharply curved, ribbon-like structure of the plasma jet emitted from its center. Image credit: Efthalia Traianou / Heidelberg University / IWR.

Using data from the 10-m space radio telescope RadioAstron and a network of 27 ground-based observatories, astronomers have detected an unusual ribbon-like jet at the core of OJ 287, a galaxy located about 5 billion light-years away in the constellation of Cancer.

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