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Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...

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

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Ansky was first seen erupting in 2019, with bursts of X-ray light from February 2024. These repeated at almost regular ...

Although we know that supermassive black holes (millions of times the mass of our sun) lurk at the center of most galaxies, ...

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

Researchers develop a low-carbon, high-strength cement material inspired by nature’s porous structures—offering improved ...

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