Astronomers have captured a radio image showing two black holes orbiting each other for the first time, confirming a prediction that has eluded scientists for decades.

The newly released image reveals a pair of supermassive black holes locked in a cosmic dance, situated within a bright quasar known as OJ287, located about 5 billion light-years away in the constellation Cancer. Quasars are regions at the hearts of galaxies where the extreme, violent conditions around supermassive black holes cause gas and dust to heat up and glow bright.

Researchers say this new snapshot offers the clearest evidence yet that binary black holes, essentially two gravitational titans bound together, truly exist. "Quasar OJ287 is so bright that it can be detected even by amateur astronomers with private teles

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