Part of the goal of the X-Calibur mission is to test Einstein's theory of general relativity, which set some of the parameters for the maximum speed of a black hole's rotation.
Scientists at NASA's Science Balloon Laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis are soon to launch a telescope on a giant balloon.
The balloon will take off to a height of about 36,600 meters above the ground (the height from which Felix Baumgartner, a German who set a world record for jumping from a great height, jumped at the time). The balloon will carry a polarimeter telescope called X-Calibur, designed to search for black holes.
A polarimeter telescope measures a powerful type of X-rays emitted by objects being pulled into a black hole. The black holes themselves do not even allow light to escape their gravitational field, so researchers need X-ray telescopes at the outer limit of the black hole's event horizon, which will give them an idea of the size of the black hole and its rotation speed.
Part of the goal of the X-Calibur mission is to test Einstein's theory of general relativity, which set some of the parameters for the maximum speed of the black hole's rotation.
This is a balloon so big that a Boeing 747 could fit inside it.
For information on the University of Washington website
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