The flares are common in supermassive black holes and have been seen before, says Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, a professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University who led the study.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...

Supermassive black hole binary emits unexpected flares Their orbit periodically takes them through a cloud of gas, triggering flares. Elizabeth Rayne – Dec 1, 2024 7:05 am ...

Could Mysterious Black Hole Burps Rewrite Physics?

Traditionally thought to go silent after a brief flare of activity, some black holes are now being observed emitting new ...

Hubble spotted a rare off-center black hole shredding a star, revealing the first optical discovery of a wandering ...

These explosions, called extreme nuclear transients, shine for longer than typical supernovas and get 30 to 1,000 times as bright.

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have witnessed high-speed "burps" erupting from a distant overfeeding ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides a new look at the Andromeda galaxy in this multi-wavelength image that includes ...

Scientists have discovered the most powerful blasts of energy in the known universe. Dubbed extreme nuclear transients, or ENTs, the cosmic explosions are unprecedented in their intensity.