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Giant Black Hole Spins at Half Light-Speed

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Mar 5, 2014

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The half-the-speed-of-light spin of a giant black hole suggests it grew by digesting another black hole in a galaxy merger. Clara Moskowitz reports

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Mar 5, 2014

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