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A research team from the University of Southampton and the Open University is seeking help from the public to find black holes, which are yet to be discovered.
A study of SuperWASP data, the UK's most prominent extra-solar planet detection program, aims to find evidence for the presence of black holes by detecting changes in the starlight.
A black hole is created when the remains of the most massive stars explode when they become old. Unlike our sun, black holes possess a very strong gravitational field that nothing can escape, not even light.
Because they contain roughly the same amount of mass as our sun and are compressed into a space of just a few miles across, black holes have a very similar gravitational field to our sun.
Thus, black holes can be difficult to find, but they can often be discovered by falling material into them, which is known as feeding.
As matter falls into black holes, it heats up and emits strong X-rays as a result of their strong gravitational pull. This allows feeding black holes to be detected because of their strong gravitational pull.
Black holes are not all feeding, however. Because nothing falls into black holes, there are no X-rays that can detect them. Luckily, their gravity can still indicate where they may be.
When a black hole bends light from stars, it acts as a magnifying glass, making stars appear brighter for a short time due to their gravity.
The team is searching through more than 10 years' worth of SuperWASP measurements to identify any black hole-enhanced stars. Computers can't handle looking at so many stars.
Visit the Black Hole Hunters project site to join the search. You just need to look at a few simple graphs to see if any seem to fit the type of change the team is looking for.
One of the co-leads of Black Hole Hunters says, 'I'm excited about what we're going to discover. The black holes we're looking for are out there, but they've yet to be found.
To understand how black holes form, our search will provide us with the first hints about how many are quietly orbiting stars.'
'Finding them is a huge task, so we won't be able to do it alone. It's great that anyone with Internet access can participate, regardless of their knowledge of astronomy.'
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