Scientists Set Out to Capture a Black Hole – an Explosion Photobombed
M87, located just under 55 million light-years from the Milky Way, was chosen for humanity's first image of the shadow of a supermassive black hole partially because its central black hole is actively slurping up material from a huge cloud of material around it.
NASA Captures Black Hole Jet Blasting a Mysterious Object
One of the strangest galaxies in the neighborhood of the Milky Way has just presented astronomers with a fascinating mystery. It's called Centaurus A, and huge jets of plasma shooting from its central supermassive black hole have slammed into something as they travel into intergalactic space.
Chandra sees black hole jet stumble into something in the dark
Even matter ejected by black holes can run into objects in the dark. Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found an unusual mark from a giant black hole's powerful jet striking an unidentified object in its path.
Jaw-Dropping Image Captures Black Hole Jet Smashing Into Mystery Object
A new image by the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals an unidentified celestial object, dubbed C4, getting blasted by a jet of energetic particles, raising questions about its identity.
Galaxy-size jet from monster black hole blasts mystery object in deep space (video)
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope, astronomers witnessed a massive black hole jet slam into an unknown object in space.
Astronomers spot a mysterious object colliding with supermassive black hole jet in a distant galaxy
Astronomers discover unique collision between black hole jet and unidentified object in Centaurus A galaxy, shedding new light on cosmic dynamics.
Gargantuan Gamma-Ray Flare Seen Spewing From Supermassive Black Hole
M87 was the first black hole to be imaged, and now it's revealing details of how some elementary particles are accelerated by ...
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Astrophysicists capture astonishing images of gamma-ray flare from supermassive black hole M87
The galaxy M87, located in the Virgo constellation, provided the first-ever photo of a black hole in 2019, when the Event Horizon Telescope captured an image of the supermassive black hole at the ...
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Astronomers Spot Black Hole Jet Colliding With Invisible Barrier
A monster lurks in the heart of many galaxies, a supermassive black hole able to devour entire stars in a blink. These ...
Group wants to launch a telescope to study black holes from space
The idea of BHEX is to use a space-based telescope to collect even more detailed information from black holes, as there is ...
Astronomers discover magnetic loops around supermassive black hole
NGC 1068 is a well-known, relatively nearby, bright galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center. Despite its status ...
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Scientists spot 'L-shaped structures' and 'weird things' near monster black hole in epic new Hubble telescope images
New Hubble Space Telescope images of a black hole-powered quasar reveal 'weird' structures and gigantic jets of energy that ...