Zooming Black Holes Can Reach ~10% The Speed of Light, Scientists Say

https://www.sciencealert.com/zooming-black-holes-can-reach-10-the-speed-of-light-scientists-say

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mookulator@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 3y (6 replies)

Relative to what exactly?

menturi@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Probably relative to the CMB (the frame of reference where there is no redshift or blueshift bias in any direction).

mookulator@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 3y

Thank you! At that scale the simpler answers just don’t feel sufficient

teft@startrek.website · 2 pts · 3y

Relative to their point of origin.

dudinax@programming.dev · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

At that speed, relative to most nearby large object

mookulator@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

But what if all nearby objects are moving towards it at a similar speed? Or away? At such a large scale speed becomes a mind bending thing.

dudinax@programming.dev · 1 pts · 3y

No other large object will be moving close to that speed so it'll be almost like they are standing still.

Ashyr@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y (3 replies)

What would cause them to move so quickly?

teft@startrek.website · 6 pts · 3y

Colliding with another black hole.

NegativeInf@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

Multibody Black Hole Slingshot

Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Light up shoes