Strange x-ray pulses hint at a surprisingly long-lived white dwarf orbiting precariously close to a supermassive black hole ...

"For such a faint and unknown target, we were not sure if we would get any data at all — but the strategy worked." ...

MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...

A strange black hole is making scientists scratch their heads.

Using observations from 2017 and 2018, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has advanced our understanding of the ...

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Astronomers detected X-ray flashes from the black hole that increased in frequency from one every 18 minutes to one every ...

There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...

The astronomers have detected flashes of X-rays coming from the black hole at a steadily increasing clip. Over a period of ...

Astronomers studying elusive supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies ... of Technology in Sweden are now confident the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-sized array of eight ...