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But in the past two decades, new types of black holes have been seen and astronomers are beginning to understand how they ...
Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the ...
A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.
Supermassive black hole binary emits unexpected flares Their orbit periodically takes them through a cloud of gas, triggering flares.
“ENTs are different beasts,” study lead author and astronomer Jason Hinkle explained in an accompanying statement. “Not only are ENTs far brighter than normal tidal disruption events, but they remain ...
These are rare occurrences—scientists estimate that the giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy gobbles a star ...
Traditionally thought to go silent after a brief flare of activity, some black holes are now being observed emitting new ...
The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...
ENTs occur when stars that are at least three times as massive as the Sun pass so close to a supermassive black hole that its colossal gravity shreds them to pieces. The resulting string of matter ...
These explosions, called extreme nuclear transients, shine for longer than typical supernovas and get 30 to 1,000 times as bright.
Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...