Mysterious flashing seen near supermassive black hole. Astronomers have an idea what it is
A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...
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Astronomers Found Strange, Accelerating X-Ray Pulses Coming From a Black Hole. They Might Be a Sign of an Orbiting White Dwarf
The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary ...
Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Lit Up in a Way We’ve Never Seen Before
Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the very first time, and it’s shedding new light on the complex physics driving ...
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A strange black hole is acting even stranger
A strange black hole is making scientists scratch their heads. The distant object, dubbed "1ES 1927+654" and packing the mass ...
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What I learned from a black hole in Los Angeles
On York Boulevard in Los Angeles, a blurred black hole hangs on a dark wall, joined only by a pair of headphones playing ...
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First-Ever Black Hole Image Sharpened Using Machine Learning
The historic first image of the Messier 87 (M87) supermassive black hole, captured using the Event Horizon Telescope, has been sharped using a machine learning technique called PRIMO. PRIMO is short ...
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Enormous black hole napping after eating a ton of gas
Black holes like this one may gorge for about five to 10 million years–then go dormant for 100 million. By Laura Baisas Posted on Dec 18, 2024 You’ve likely been there–snoozing on the couch ...