Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Lit Up in a Way We’ve Never Seen Before
Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the very first time, and it’s shedding new light on the complex physics driving these energetic outbursts.
There might be far more supermassive black holes hiding around us than we thought, scientists warn
The universe could be home to far more supermassive black holes than we realised, according to new research. Astronomers from the University of Southampton say that 35% of these galactic giants - some which are billions of times heavier than the sun - have gone undiscovered because they are obscured by thick clouds of gas and dust.
Using the MIRI instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of scientists made the first-ever ...
Scientists have detected emanating from the nucleus of a galaxy relatively close to our Milky Way flashes of X-rays gradually ...
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Strange Flashes Could Be Signs of Closest Object Seen Near a Black HoleBlack holes themselves emit no light, but the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are often surrounded by ...
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James Webb Space Telescope sees little red dots feeding black holes: 'This is how you solve a universe-breaking problem'"This is how you solve the universe-breaking problem." ...
Issues delivered straight to your door "I expect Gaia's best results are still to come." ...
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of ...
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