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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 what we know about the early universe.
Scientists Discovered a Hidden Black Hole That’s Close to Earth
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Supermassive Black Hole Spotted 12.9 Billion Light-Years Away Shooting Beam At Earth, Details Inside
A supermassive black hole has been discovered by astronomers that's shooting a giant energy beam directly at Earth.
Supermassive Black hole 700 million times mass of Sun spotted firing energy beam at earth
Astronomers have detected the most ancient blazar ever observed, originating from the early universe and emitting a beam of energy directly at Earth.
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?
Powerful Beam From Ancient Black Hole 12.9 Billion Light-Years Away Targets Earth
Supermassive black holes with powerful jets of high-energy particles, pointing directly at Earth are called blazars.
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 12.9 billion light-years away, marking the most distant 'blazar' ever found.
Many supermassive black holes can't be seen with current technology
NASA telescopes reveal 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden by dust, reshaping theories about their role in galaxy growth.
Astronomers Discover Supermassive Black Hole Firing a Powerful Energy Beam at Earth
Astronomers have identified a rare cosmic phenomenon: a supermassive black hole, known as J0410−0139, located 12.9 billion light-years from Earth. This black hole, with a mass equivalent to 700 million suns,
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,
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.
A strange black hole is acting even stranger
A strange black hole is making scientists scratch their heads.
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Astronomers observe real-time formation of black hole jets for the first time
In 2018, a galaxy about 270 million light-years away from Earth exhibited a major increase in activity. It quieted down again by 2020 -- only to dramatically increase its output again in 2023. At that ...
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 ...
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, ...
Black holes, buildings on poles, and a 'sea urchin planet': PUBG creator's world-sized tech demo may be hiding some bizarre machine learning 'hallucinations'
"There's always going to be a little hallucination" with machine learning, says PlayerUnknown Productions' engine team behind ...