(Black Hole Triple) System Identified

A "black hole triple" system has been identified via a groundbreaking investigation. This finding is the first instance of such a configuration being found in space by scientists. The system is situated in the Cygnus constellation, about 8,000 light years away from Earth. It has a black hole in the middle, a star orbiting it closely, and another star further away.

The discovery of a triple system of a black hole

• Black holes are centers in the Universe having a strong gravitational force, resulting from the explosion of a massive star in its final stage.
• The new black hole triple system consists of three components: The activity of the black hole will be given by the movement of a star circling around it in approximately 6.5 days and a second star, which takes 70,000 years to orbit the black hole.
• The find was made by scientists from the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Rather than being the result of a supernova, the study offers an entirely new way for the formation of V404 Cygni, a direct collapse.
• This brings issues in disagreement with earlier requirements for black hole formation and indicates that some binary systems might have evolved from triples.
• The present configuration of the black hole triple means that this configuration is unstable and will not exist for such a long time, altering the scenario of the system.
• The results were printed in Nature magazine, which points to the importance of the discovery in astrophysics.