Astronomers spot flares of light near the black hole at the center of our galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long flares as well as short flashes every day.
Rapidly accelerating X-ray flashes from a black hole 270 million light-years away
A team of top astronomers including Dr. William Alston, Senior Lecturer in Data Science at the University of Hertfordshire's Center of Astrophysics, has detected unprecedented periodic X-ray pulses from the supermassive black hole 1ES 1927+654,
The Milky Way’s Black Hole Is Producing a Brilliant Light Show
NASA's flagship space telescope captured flares from the disk of superheated material around the black hole, revealing the dynamic—and explosive—physics at our galaxy's core.
Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is providing the best look yet at the chaotic events unfolding around the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, observing a steady flickering of light punctuated by occasional bright flares as material is drawn inward by its enormous gravitational pull.
Flickers and flares: Milky Way's central black hole constantly bubbles with light
Astrophysicists have observed our central supermassive black hole. They found the accretion disk is constantly emitting flares without periods of rest. Shorter, faint flares and longer, bright flares appear to be generated by separate processes.
Webb Catches Mysterious Light Flares Around Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
Artist's concept of light flares along Sag A*'s accretion disk. (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI))
Black hole 'disco': Webb telescope captures remarkable footage
NASA is sharing new images that show, as they put it, that the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way seems to be having a party.
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Scientists may have just discovered 300 of the rarest black holes in the universe
How black holes grow to monstrous scales is one of astronomy's prevailing enigmas. A new record-breaking dataset, which ...
Trying to solve a key black hole mystery: Simulating magnetic flows around black holes
Black holes have been fascinating subjects of study, not just because they are cosmic vacuum cleaners, but also as engines of ...
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Largest-ever discovery of 'missing link' black holes revealed by dark energy camera (video)
Astronomers have uncovered a treasure trove of feeding black holes at the heart of dwarf galaxies — small, faint galaxies ...
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Supermassive black hole displays ‘unprecedented’ X-ray outbursts
Rapid X-ray oscillations detected near the innermost orbit of a supermassive black hole could indicate the presence of a nearby orbiter such as a white dwarf ...
Treasure trove of mysterious black holes uncovered by dark energy instrument
Now, though, using an instrument called the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument or DESI, scientists have discovered a trove ...
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Black holes snacking on small stars create particle accelerators that bombard Earth with cosmic rays
"We would like to understand the difference between these systems, which holds the clue to understand just how many cosmic ...
Mysterious black hole starts flashing – and scientists don’t know why
A mysterious black hole has started behaving even more strangely, scientists have said. The supermassive black hole has been sending out flashes that have increased in speed. Astronomers say they have ...