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 ...

This was true of the black hole at the heart of SDSS1335+0728, a distant and unremarkable galaxy 300 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. After being inactive for decades, it ...

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." ...

Apr. 9, 2025 — Scientists have discovered key conditions needed for a stellar black hole to create plasma jets. Their findings show that when superheated gas material experiences a rapid ...

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 ...

Black holes are regions in space where an enormous amount of mass is packed into a tiny volume. This creates a gravitational pull so strong that not even light can escape. They are created when giant ...

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 ...

A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said Friday.

From boring to bursting: Giant black hole awakens Date: April 11, 2025 Source: European Space Agency Summary: Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen ...