In 2018 astronomers at MIT and elsewhere observed previously unseen behavior from a black hole known as 1ES 1927+654, which ...

A distant galaxy that lay quiet for decades has suddenly stirred, lighting up in dramatic bursts that have caught astronomers ...

A black hole in a distant galaxy has kept astronomers hooked to its quasiperiodic eruption activity, which is not a regular phenomenon.

A mysterious black hole in a distant galaxy just woke up after decades of silence—and it’s putting on a cosmic light show!

Ansky, a once-dormant black hole, is now emitting powerful X-ray bursts, giving scientists a rare chance to study its ...

This artist’s impression illustrates the mechanism that could be at the origin of the powerful bursts of X-ray light seen ...

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

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

It is the only X-ray telescope sensitive enough to detect the fainter X-ray background light between the bursts ... releases when it lights up and starts flashing." Unravelling puzzling behaviour The ...

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Dramatic footage shows flames ripping through the structure as cars pass just metres away with drivers staring in disbelief as the building burns. Fire crews rushed to stop the flames spreading ...