Artist's conception of the black hole in 47 Tucanae X9 siphoning matter off the white dwarf. Credit: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss ...

Teams of astronomers at Meyer's university and many other institutions have been keeping an eye on the black hole ever since. The vigilance paid off when, in April 2023, a team at the university ...

The weird outbursts of a distant supermassive black hole may be caused by a death-defying white dwarf walking a cosmic tight rope around it. ... The black hole in question is 1ES 1927+654, ...

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.

Read: Sometimes, Black Holes Can Birth Stars. Another possible explanation for the existence of this strange stellar pair is that the white dwarf is actually orbiting a neutron star, not a black hole.

Astronomers found a black hole acting unusually in 2018. ... An artist's rendering of a white dwarf star speeding around the black hole 1ES 1927+654. A stream of particles trails the dense star.

White dwarfs are among the most compact objects in the cosmos, though not as dense as a black hole. Stars with up to eight times the mass of our sun appear destined to end up as a white dwarf.

White dwarfs are among the most compact objects in the cosmos, though not as dense as a black hole. Stars with up to eight times the mass of our sun appear destined to end up as a white dwarf.

How white dwarfs mimic black holes Date: December 17, 2012 Source: University of Southampton Summary: Astronomers have revealed that bright X-ray flares in nearby galaxies, once assumed to ...

Black Holes 'Daredevil' white dwarf star could be closest-known object to a weird black hole. News. By Robert Lea published 13 January 2025 "This tells us that objects like white dwarfs may be ...

The black hole in question is 1ES 1927+654, located around 270 million light-years from Earth, with a mass around 1.4 billion times that of the sun. 1ES 1927+654 first announced its weirdness to ...