What can astronomers learn from observing black holes that suddenly wake up? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this ... to detect the fainter X-ray background light between the ...

This artist’s impression illustrates the mechanism that could be at the origin of the powerful bursts of X-ray light seen from a newly awakened black hole named Ansky. ESA; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...

Although we know that supermassive black holes (millions of times the mass ... telescope sensitive enough to detect the fainter X-ray background light between the bursts. With XMM-Newton we ...

PARIS, France — A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said ...

Since 2011, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones' dystopian anthology series, Black Mirror, has presented 34 stories about the dark side of technology: how computer systems and digital gadgets might ...

Augusta, Georgia (CNN) — Every golfer is chasing the elation of a major tournament victory, but Bryson DeChambeau has found something that almost compares: Sinking a hole-in-one over his house.

This artist’s impression illustrates the mechanism that could be at the origin of the powerful bursts of X-ray light seen from a newly awakened black hole named Ansky. A bright disc of purplish, white ...

They sit at the centers of galaxies and shine as black holes devour nearby matter ... Because quasars are so bright, they can act like background flashlights, helping astronomers study the ...

A group of physicists has proposed a new way of thinking about black holes by mapping out intricate “supermazes” – theoretical structures that provide a fresh blueprint for understanding the ...

Compared to white Americans, Black Americans were killed in traffic-related crashes more than twice as often while walking in 2017, according to a 2022 Harvard and Boston University study.