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Self-propelled Pair of Black Holes ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Self-acceleration of Hardening Binaries"
arXiv:2605.00976v1 · 2026-05-01 · CC BY · ⏱ 1 min · Galaxies High Energy General Relativity
A pair of black holes row with passing stars like oars, propelling themselves.
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Two black holes at the galaxy's center whirl in a dance, flinging stars, and — surprise! — they start moving themselves. Like a boat's oars: pushing away water, it sails. This cosmic self-propulsion explains wandering supermassive black holes.

🎯 A pair of black holes moves by flinging stars, like a boat rowing with oars.

Scientists
Stephen HawkingJacob BekensteinAlbert EinsteinFritz ZwickyVera RubinBernhard Riemann
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black hole gravitational waves galaxy
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Hawking radiationgravitational lensingBekenstein-Hawking entropyEinstein field equationsvirial theoremno-hair theorem
Original: arXiv:2605.00976v1 · CC BY · bridge42worlds