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Tidal disruption event J150052 was caused by a rapidly spinning black hole, study finds

Astronomers from Radboud University in the Netherlands have conducted X-ray observations of a tidal disruption event. The event is known as 3XMM J150052.0+015452 or...

Most distant detection of a black hole swallowing a star

A massive black hole millions or billions of times heavier than the Sun, lurks at the heart of nearly every galaxy. Some are known...

Mysteriously bright flash is a black hole jet pointing straight toward Earth, astronomers say

Astronomers have discovered the source of an extremely bright X-ray, optical, and radio signal seen halfway across the Universe. The signal is known as AT...

NASA’s IXPE solve black hole jet mystery

Blazars, which are among the brightest and most energetic celestial objects, are made up of a supermassive black hole. It feeds off material swirling...

Death of a star reveals midsize black hole lurking in a dwarf galaxy

Massive black holes (BHs) are common at the centres of massive galaxies. Their population in dwarf galaxies, however, remains a mystery. Detecting light emitted...

Astronomers discover closest black hole to Earth

Astronomers announced on Friday that they had discovered the closest known black hole, almost but not quite in time for Halloween. It's a big...

Discovery of plasma loading mechanism of radio jets launched from black holes

Galaxies, including our Milky Way, contain supermassive black holes with masses millions to billions of times greater than the sun. Some supermassive black holes...

Theoretical physicists argue that black holes admit vortex structures

Black holes are astronomical objects with extremely strong gravitational pulls that cannot be overcome by light. While the concept of light-trapping bodies has been...

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