Black holes - the supermassive gravitation forces at the center of most galaxies - actually spend much of their time dormant, or essentially asleep. Astronomers have now spotted one not only ...

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

Researchers have discovered that ultra-fast wind surrounding a supermassive black hole is not smooth and continuous as ...

From Boring to Bursting: Giant Black Hole Awakens Apr. 11, 2025 — Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching ...

Artist’s impression of the accretion disc around the massive black hole Ansky and its interaction with a small celestial object Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

"This pushes our models to their limits and challenges our existing ideas about how these X-ray flashes are being generated." ...

This is really interesting. Supermassive black holes are usually found sitting in the centers of galaxies – the gravitational hub around which the entire kit and kaboodle revolves. AT2024tvd's host ...

Dubbed AT2024tvd, the burst of radiation from this " tidal disruption event " (TDE) was also picked up by NASA's Chandra ...

For the first time, astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes ...

In a galaxy 300 million light-years away from Earth, a once-quiet black hole has woken up. Astronomers became aware of this galaxy in the Virgo constellation when it abruptly began to light up in ...