A supermassive black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 3783 just delivered an X-ray surprise that astronomers have never watched unfold so quickly. Using the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and the ...
When a supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy suddenly brightened in X-rays, astronomers watched it do something they had never seen before: within hours, the flare appeared to ignite winds racing ...
Leading X-ray space telescopes XMM-Newton and XRISM have spotted a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole. In a matter of hours, the gravitational monster whipped up powerful winds, ...