What can astronomers learn from observing black holes that suddenly wake up? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

Discovery of extreme quasi-periodic eruptions in a newly accreting massive black hole. Nature Astronomy , 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02523-9 Cite This Page : ...

This artist’s impression illustrates the mechanism that could be at the origin of the powerful bursts of X-ray light seen from a newly awakened black hole named Ansky. ESA; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...

Although we know that supermassive black holes (millions of times the mass of our Sun) lurk at the centre of most galaxies, their very nature makes them difficult to spot and study. In contrast to ...

PARIS, France — A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said ...

Since 2011, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones' dystopian anthology series, Black Mirror, has presented 34 stories about the dark side of technology: how computer systems and digital gadgets might ...

This artist’s impression illustrates the mechanism that could be at the origin of the powerful bursts of X-ray light seen from a newly awakened black hole named Ansky. A bright disc of purplish, white ...

A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said Friday.

They sit at the centers of galaxies and shine as black holes devour nearby matter, releasing energy that outshines entire galaxies. The telescope targeted one of the first and most famous quasars ...

A group of physicists has proposed a new way of thinking about black holes by mapping out intricate “supermazes” – theoretical structures that provide a fresh blueprint for understanding the ...

In late March, the Society of Professional Journalists bestowed the Utah Legislature with its notorious Black Hole Award, an annual dishonor that recognizes government institutions for “heinous ...

The scientists studied a black hole system consisting of a stellar-mass black hole and a sun-like star orbiting each other. In this system, 5 or 6 jets occur over a period of about 20 days, making ...