Supermassive black hole, Earth

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.
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.
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.
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.
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, located about 270 million light-years away from Earth, showed its first signs of mysterious behavior.
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,
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.
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,
Astronomers Say the ‘Little Red Dots’ Discovered by the JWST Could Be Glowing Due to Supermassive Black Holes
LRDs, or Little Red Dots, were discovered in the first months after the James Webb Space telescope was turned on. However, since then they have perplexed scientists about what they are and what is causing the light.
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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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This Supermassive Black Hole May Harbor a Bizarre Star That Refuses to Die
Strange x-ray pulses hint at a surprisingly long-lived white dwarf orbiting precariously close to a supermassive black hole ...
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Feeding supermassive black holes may have ended the cosmic 'dark ages' billions of years ago
"Finding more supermassive black holes that are potentially hosting jets raises the question as to how these black holes grew ...
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 ...
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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 ...