A supermassive black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 3783 just delivered an X-ray surprise that astronomers have never watched unfold so quickly. Using the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and the ...
“Ten billion times more powerful than the Sun’s most violent eruptions.” That is the scale of the outflow astronomers have just witnessed from the supermassive black hole at the heart of NGC 3783. In ...
A sudden X-ray flare from a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 triggered ultra-fast winds racing outward at a fifth the speed of light—an event never witnessed before. Using XMM-Newton and ...
A star’s fatal brush with a supermassive black hole can light up a quiet galaxy. When gravity shreds the star, its gas spirals inward and briefly glows. Astronomers call these flares tidal disruption ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An international team of researchers used the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and XRISM, a JAXA-led mission with ESA ...