Computer Finds Massive Black Hole in Nearby Galaxy

Courtesy UT - Office of Public Affairs  Tue, 06/09/2009 - 12:10pm

                    The Lonestar supercomputer is a resource of the University's Texas Advanced Computing Center. Credit: TACC/UT-Austin Astronomers Karl Gebhardt of The University of Texas at Austin and Jens Thomas of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have used new computer modeling techniques to discover that the black hole at the heart of M87, one the largest nearby giant [...]


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