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Astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action

Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes, enormous amounts of energy are released, making active galactic nuclei, or AGN,

Space on MSN · 3d

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."

USA TODAY on MSN · 3d

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?

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Mysterious x-ray flashes are accelerating in a black hole

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

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Mysterious black hole leaves scientists baffled after it starts flashing unexpectedly

A supermassive black hole has baffled scientists after it was spotted 'flashing' in deep space. Astronomers say they have never witnessed anything like the mysterious phenomenon before - which has been intensifying over the past two years.

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James Webb telescope captures 1st 'mid-infrared' flare from Milky Way's supermassive black hole

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

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Feeding supermassive black holes may have ended the cosmic 'dark ages' billions of years ago

NASA's Chandra and NuSTAR telescopes have teamed up to study a supermassive black hole-powered quasar that could have played ...

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How we might finally find black holes from the cosmic dawn

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

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'It was very fortunate timing': Astronomers watch 1st black hole to 'shut off' blast back to life

The first black hole that astronomers observed "turning off" just turned back on, releasing jets of hot gas into the cosmos.

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Small satellite constellation could reveal black holes like never before

Researchers in South Korea are developing a constellation of satellites that could reveal what goes on in the vicinity of ...

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