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For the first time, astronomers watch a black hole ‘wake up’ in real-time
Researchers have spent the past few years watching a black hole re-awaken roughly 300 million light-years away from Earth. And what they’ve documented challenges prevailing theories about black hole lifecycles. The groundbreaking observations are detailed in a study published on April 11 in Nature Astronomy.
Ansky, a once-dormant black hole, is now emitting powerful X-ray bursts, giving scientists a rare chance to study its ...
The black hole at the heart of galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away, was quiet for decades as it ...
This week, researchers reported a brain circuit linked to the intensity of political behavior. Microbiologists found that the ...
Scientists have uncovered the strongest evidence yet for the existence of elusive intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), long ...
Ansky was first seen erupting in 2019, with bursts of X-ray light from February 2024. These repeated at almost regular ...
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in ...
Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...
Black holes are fundamental to the structure of galaxies and critical in our understanding of gravity, space, and time. A ...
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