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Since no form of radiation can ever get out of a black hole, how can astronomers detect where black holes are

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User Udidu
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Astronomers can detect X-rays coming from the hot gas and infer that a black hole is present.

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User Sam Sabin
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Basically gas swirls around the black holes so fast that they heat up and emit rays that can be detected on Earth.
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