Astronomers see black hole jets blaze 16x wider than the full Moon in our sky
Astronomers have captured a breathtaking radio wave image, showing our closest radio active black hole spewing out massive jets of plasma that span more than...
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Nasa’s X-ray boom arm for black hole studies extends in orbit
Nasa’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has successfully extended its 4-metre boom arm to assume its operational configuration. Launched on 9 December atop a SpaceX...
The supermassive black hole eruption spans 16 full moons
Some 12 million light-years from Earth, the Milky Way’s galactic neighbor is experiencing a bit of chaos. The culprit? A hangry black hole with the...