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Einstein's Black Hole Predictions Confirmed in AT2020afhd Event

12/19/2025

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Researchers observed Lense-Thirring precession in the tidal disruption event AT2020afhd, where a rotating supermassive black hole twists spacetime.
The National Astronomical Observatories at the Chinese Academy of Sciences led the team tracking a 20-day wobble in X-ray and radio signals from AT2020afhd.
Their findings, published in Science Advances, support Einstein's predictions about black holes and emphasize the mechanics of how massive spinning objects influence nearby cosmic matter and jet formation.

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Researchers observed Lense-Thirring precession in the tidal disruption event AT2020afhd, where a rotating supermassive black hole twists spacetime.
The National Astronomical Observatories at the Chinese Academy of Sciences led the team tracking a 20-day wobble in X-ray and radio signals from AT2020afhd.
Their findings, published in Science Advances, support Einstein's predictions about black holes and emphasize the mechanics of how massive spinning objects influence nearby cosmic matter and jet formation.