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This Star Baffles the Minds of Astronomers as It Survives Being Swallowed by a Black Hole

Black holes burst out huge flares of X-rays when they guzzle up matter from their surroundings. But if such flares are spewing forth with clockwork regularity every nine hours, as in the case of a black hole located 250 million…

January 29, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

The Enormous ‘Old Faithful’ Black Hole Emits Energy at an Unprecedented Rhythm

Black holes are best known for their ability to guzzle pretty much anything that gets too close – planets and even entire stars. But Stephen Hawking is one of the illustrious scientists who claimed that the dark and sinister cosmic…

January 21, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Scientists Found The Oldest and Most Distant Quasar and Supermassive Black Hole

Many of us would be tempted to say that back when the Universe was ‘only’ 670 million years old, it barely had any fine-tuned structures like galaxies, black holes, and solar systems. But that’s far from the truth, and a…

January 16, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

The Supermassive Black Hole From The Center of The Milky Way is Much Closer to Earth Than Scientists Thought – Are We in Danger?

Despite their bad reputation as horrifying cosmic monsters that devour entire stars, black holes are also playing crucial roles in the existence of galaxies. Sagittarius A proves it, the supermassive black hole located at the center of our Milky Way…

December 21, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

New Research Reveals The Good Side of Black Holes

When we think about black holes, the first thing that comes into mind is a mysterious structure that greedily devours any cosmic object that comes too close. The description doesn’t have any fallacy, as not even light can escape the…

November 28, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Supermassive Black Hole Whirls Around A More Massive Black Hole

Situated approximately 3.5 billion light-years from our planet, OJ 287 is a distant galaxy, also known as a “blazar.” It has an active nucleus and a stream of high-energy particles emerging from its center. At its core is a supermassive…

May 4, 2020 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Event Horizon Telescope Snapped Jets From A Supermassive Black Hole

A team of researchers harnessed the Event Horizon Telescope. It aimed it at a supermassive black hole, capturing impressive images of high-power energy shorts that were released by the object. The images were recorded after observing the M87 galaxy, which…

April 10, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0

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