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.
Feeding supermassive black holes are more common than thought across the universe
"If our eyes were able to detect X-rays, the sky would be full of dots. And every single one of those dots would be an accreting supermassive black hole."
Mysterious black hole starts flashing – and scientists don’t know why
A mysterious black hole has started behaving even more strangely, scientists have said. The supermassive black hole has been sending out flashes that have increased in speed. The black hole is known as 1ES 1927+654,
Strange Flashes Could Be Signs of Closest Object Seen Near a Black Hole
Black holes themselves emit no light, but the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are often surrounded by huge clouds of material. It's this material, heated by friction and gravity as it swirls in orbit around the black hole, that blazes with light.
NASA Astronomers Zero In on the Number of Hidden Supermassive Black Holes
Researchers found far more hidden black holes than previously known, indicating plenty of behemoths lurking in thick clouds of gas and dust.
First-ever detection of a mid-infrared flare in Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's supermassive massive black hole
Using the MIRI instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of scientists made the first-ever detection of a mid-IR flare from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive massive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.
Mysterious flashing seen near supermassive black hole. Astronomers have an idea what it is
A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could they be?
First Infrared Flare-Up Detected From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. As supermassive black holes go, it is fairly quiet. It’s not creating any galaxy-wide tantrums that should worry us. It does flare up though,
More supermassive black holes lurking in universe than previously thought
A new study suggests more supermassive black holes may be lurking in the universe than previously thought. Astronomers from the University of Southampton have discovered that 35 per cent of these enormous entities—some of which are billions of times heavier than the sun—remain undetected.
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.
Over One-Third Of Supermassive Black Holes Are Hiding – Maybe Even More
At the center of almost every galaxy, there is a supermassive black hole. Well, astronomers think it’s every galaxy, but it is a difficult claim to confirm. Not because there might be many exceptions – the difficulty lies in the fact that many black holes are so well hidden that we wouldn’t know they are there.
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Supermassive black hole spotted 12.9 billion light-years from Earth — and it's shooting a beam of energy right at us
The newly discovered "blazar," which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the oldest of its kind ever seen and changes ...
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James Webb Space Telescope sees little red dots feeding black holes: 'This is how you solve a universe-breaking problem'
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A strange black hole is acting even stranger
A strange black hole is making scientists scratch their heads.
Intrepid white dwarf has a close encounter with a massive black hole
Scientists have detected emanating from the nucleus of a galaxy relatively close to our Milky Way flashes of X-rays gradually ...
Supermassive black hole equal to 700 million suns' mass spotted firing a giant beam at Earth
Astronomers discover a supermassive black hole, weighing 700 million suns, firing a giant energy beam directly at Earth from ...
Gravitational waves may prove black holes' quantum effect and resolve the dark matter problem
Black hole quantum effects are usually thought to be too small to have any observable signatures. This is indeed the case for ...
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Astronomers Found Strange, Accelerating X-Ray Pulses Coming From a Black Hole. They Might Be a Sign of an Orbiting White Dwarf
A supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy is once again surprising scientists. In 2018, a black hole called 1ES 1927+654, ...
Cosmic Titans Born From Chaos: How Star Collisions Forged the Universe’s First Supermassive Black Holes
Recent discoveries by the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that supermassive black holes were present much earlier than ...