The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever ...

Researchers have spent the past few years watching a black hole re-awaken roughly 300 million light-years away from Earth.

A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at ...

The black hole now gives off powerful X-rays at nearly regular intervals. These outbursts are known as quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs), and have been observed emitting from other black holes. But ...

"This rare event provides an opportunity for astronomers to observe a black hole's behavior in real time," said astronomer Lorena Hernández-García.

What can astronomers learn from observing black holes that suddenly wake up? This is what a recent study published in Nature ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a "200,000 light-year-long trail of newborn stars" that may have been left behind by a ...

Now, astronomers are getting a close look at a black hole that is “waking up” and going from a dormant state to an active one as it starts chowing down on nearby matter. The black hole at the ...

QPEs are short-lived flaring events. And this is the first time we have observed such an event in a black hole that seems to be waking up,” lead author Lorena Hernández-García, a researcher at ...

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton is playing a crucial role in investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of ...

Primordial black holes are ancient mysteries, born in the universe’s earliest seconds. Unlike regular black holes, they weren ...

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