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 ...

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. (Image Credit: European Space Agency) Black holes — the supermassive ...

Although we know that supermassive black holes (millions of times the mass of our Sun) lurk at the centre of most galaxies, their very nature makes them difficult to spot and study. In contrast to ...

Although 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 to the ...

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 ...

Citing an emergency order to build the United States’ energy dominance over foreign adversaries, the Trump administration has ...

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 artist’s impression illustrates the mechanism that could be at the origin of the powerful bursts of X-ray light seen from a newly awakened black hole named Ansky. A bright disc of purplish, white ...

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Washington: A supermassive black hole, inactive so far, has awakened in the galaxy SDSS1335+0728, American space agency NASA has revealed. The inactive black hole located 300 million light-years ...