A mysterious blast of energy is a black hole pointing straight at Earth, scientists say
2 years, 3 months ago

A mysterious blast of energy is a black hole pointing straight at Earth, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A mysterious and incredibly intense blast of visible light that came towards Earth came from a black hole that is pointing straight at us, astronomers have said. The discovery marks the furthest such event that scientists have ever said, as well as being the first time that astronomers have detected one using visible light. In February, that happened: astronomers saw an intriguing blast of visible light that led scientists to turn some of the world’s most advanced telescopes towards its source. The jet probably formed when a black hole suddenly started eating a nearby star, shooting energy through the universe – and right at us.

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Scientists see powerful explosion from mysterious, unknown object in space
1 month, 1 week ago

Scientists see powerful explosion from mysterious, unknown object in space

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It could be the first X-ray burster found in that Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, a flare coming …

Supermassive Black Hole emits rare double flash: Scientists revealed the mystery
2 months, 1 week ago

Supermassive Black Hole emits rare double flash: Scientists revealed the mystery

India TV News  

As per the recent discovery of astronomers, it was witnessed that the extraordinary cosmic event involves a supermassive black hole which is approximately 408 million light-years away. This black hole is situated in the galaxy WISEA J122045.05+493304.7 and consumed one star from a binary star system, which has caused a rare double-flash tidal disruption event. Scientists propose that this phenomenon …

Nasa catches black hole tearing star apart, then using its energy to destroy another
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nasa catches black hole tearing star apart, then using its energy to destroy another

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole tearing apart a star and using …

Scientists reveal the first ever direct image of a black hole blasting out a powerful jet
1 year, 10 months ago

Scientists reveal the first ever direct image of a black hole blasting out a powerful jet

Daily Mail  

A supermassive black hole and the fierce jet it emits have been imaged together for the first time in an exciting breakthrough that could shed light on the mysteries of the universe. First look: A supermassive black hole and the fierce jet it emits have been imaged together for the first time in an exciting breakthrough that could shed light …

Earth has been hit by an ‘unusual, intense blast of energy’ from nearby galaxy that could change our understanding of the universe
2 years, 3 months ago

Earth has been hit by an ‘unusual, intense blast of energy’ from nearby galaxy that could change our understanding of the universe

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Earth has been hit by an intense, unusual blast of light that could …

Galaxy cluster Abell 3266 contains plasma shock wave, fossil remains of black hole's feeding frenzy
2 years, 7 months ago

Galaxy cluster Abell 3266 contains plasma shock wave, fossil remains of black hole's feeding frenzy

ABC  

Fossil remains of a black hole's past feeding frenzy have been discovered deep within one of the largest galaxy clusters in our sky. Key points: Astronomers have found a trio of rare objects in a distant cluster of galaxies known as Abell 3266 One of the mysterious objects is a relic of a shock wave dubbed "wrong way" The objects …

Have we spotted the birth of a black hole?
3 years, 2 months ago

Have we spotted the birth of a black hole?

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But models of dying stars show that if the original star is massive enough, the …

Astronomers snap detailed image of plasma jet blasting from supermassive black hole
3 years, 8 months ago

Astronomers snap detailed image of plasma jet blasting from supermassive black hole

ABC  

In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope made history when it captured the very first image of a supermassive black hole in the M87 galaxy. Key points: The Event Horizon Telescope has captured images of a supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy The images reveal plasma being launched from the black hole in extraordinary detail The jet's features are similar …

Astronomers get unprecedented look at nearby galaxy – and see ‘monstrous’ jet launched by supermassive black hole
3 years, 8 months ago

Astronomers get unprecedented look at nearby galaxy – and see ‘monstrous’ jet launched by supermassive black hole

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Astronomers have captured an unprecedented look at nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A, seeing …

NASA's Chandra Observatory Discovers Most Distant Jet Streaming From Supermassive Black Hole
4 years ago

NASA's Chandra Observatory Discovers Most Distant Jet Streaming From Supermassive Black Hole

News 18  

Scientists from National Aeronautics and Space Administration have found one of the oldest and the most distant supermassive black holes with a jet. In its recent post on Instagram, NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory shared an image of an extraordinarily long jet of particles coming from a supermassive black hole in the early universe. The source of this 160,000-light-year-long jet, NASA …

Most distant cosmic jet discovered 13 billion light-years away
4 years ago

Most distant cosmic jet discovered 13 billion light-years away

CNN  

CNN — It has taken 13 billion years for the light from the powerful jets of a distant object to reach us. Clues of the early universe “The black hole is eating up matter very rapidly, growing in mass at one of the highest rates ever observed,” said study author Chiara Mazzucchelli, astronomer at the European Southern Observatory in Chile, …

ESO telescopes capture the stunning moment a black hole devoured, ripped apart a star
4 years, 5 months ago

ESO telescopes capture the stunning moment a black hole devoured, ripped apart a star

Firstpost  

While the idea of a black hole sucking in a nearby star sounds like science fiction, but it is exactly what happens in a tidal disruption event. Astronomers have used telescopes from the European Southern Observatory and other organisations from around the world to spot a rare blast of light from a star that was ripped apart from a supermassive …

Space: Scientists capture a star being devoured by a supermassive black hole
4 years, 5 months ago

Space: Scientists capture a star being devoured by a supermassive black hole

Daily Mail  

The burst of light from a nearby star falling into a supermassive black hole — after being torn into shreds in a process called 'spaghettification' — has been recorded. Scroll down for video The burst of light from a nearby star falling into a supermassive black hole — after being torn into shreds in a process called 'spaghettification' — has …

Astronomers witness ‘spaghettification’ of star shredded by a black hole
4 years, 5 months ago

Astronomers witness ‘spaghettification’ of star shredded by a black hole

CNN  

CNN — A black hole enjoyed one stellar spaghetti dinner and astronomers were able to witness the event from 215 million light-years away in a spiral galaxy in the Eridanus constellation. Astronomers saw the light from a star being devoured and ripped apart by a supermassive black hole using telescopes at the European Southern Observatory in Chile. M. Kornmesser/ESO “When …

New beast: Astronomers detect another rare blue optical transient in the universe, 500 million-light-years-away
4 years, 9 months ago

New beast: Astronomers detect another rare blue optical transient in the universe, 500 million-light-years-away

Firstpost  

This explosion has taken scientists by surprise because of its speed and heaviness of the material outflows. They found out that that blue light was known to have been a result of a fast blue optical transient that was described as a new form of an explosion in the universe. The recent one called CSS161010, short for CRTS-CSS161010 J045834-081803, has …

Giant explosion in a black hole
5 years ago

Giant explosion in a black hole

The Hindu  

AN international team of astronomers from the United States, Australia and New Zealand has detected the biggest explosion seen in the universe from a black hole in a distant galaxy cluster hundreds of millions of light years away. “A key difference is that you could fit fifteen Milky Way galaxies in a row into the crater this eruption punched into …

Biggest explosion in the universe spotted by astronomers
5 years ago

Biggest explosion in the universe spotted by astronomers

CNN  

CNN — A record-breaking explosion created by a black hole 390 million light-years away has been discovered by astronomers. Astronomers made the observation using ground and space-based telescopes, including NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton X-ray space observatory, Australia’s Murchison Widefield Array and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in India. In 2016, astronomer Norbert Werner and his …

Black hole rips apart a star, scientists managed to snag a look at the violent event
5 years, 5 months ago

Black hole rips apart a star, scientists managed to snag a look at the violent event

Firstpost  

Scientists have captured a view of a colossal black hole violently ripping apart a doomed star, illustrating an extraordinary and chaotic cosmic event from beginning to end for the first time using NASA’s planet-hunting telescope. The U.S. space agency’s orbiting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, better known as TESS, revealed the detailed timeline of a star 375 million light-years away warping …

Collapse of star captured for first time, say scientists
6 years, 2 months ago

Collapse of star captured for first time, say scientists

India TV News  

A mysterious cosmic explosion detected about 200 million light years away may be the exact moment a star collapsed to form a black hole or neutron star, scientists say. After combining several imaging sources, including hard X-rays and radiowaves, the multi-institutional team now speculates that the telescopes captured the exact moment a star collapsed to form a compact object, such …

A mysterious cosmic flare, 'the cow' might just be the birth of a black hole
6 years, 2 months ago

A mysterious cosmic flare, 'the cow' might just be the birth of a black hole

Firstpost  

Scientists also think that the flare could be a monster black hole shredding a passing star. A very unusual flare which was spotted in the night sky last summer, on 16 June 2018, stunned and excited scientists, and they’re wondering now that the explosion might have just given birth to a black hole or a neutron star. One of the …

Holy Cow: Was mysterious flare in space the birth of a black hole?
6 years, 2 months ago

Holy Cow: Was mysterious flare in space the birth of a black hole?

CNN  

CNN — Something strange happened in the sky one summer night in 2018, and astronomers are still trying to figure out exactlywhat occurred. Because the Cow was more “naked” than other explosions, with 10 times less particles swirling around it, astronomers were able to look into the center, revealing a “central engine.” “A ‘lightbulb’ was sitting deep inside the ejecta …

Mysterious ‘relativistic jets’ that shoot from black holes simulated in lab
7 years, 2 months ago

Mysterious ‘relativistic jets’ that shoot from black holes simulated in lab

The Independent  

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Black hole spotted 'choking' on star 300m light years away
8 years ago

Black hole spotted 'choking' on star 300m light years away

Daily Mail  

Scientists have spotted a black hole 300 million light years away that’s ‘choking’ on its stellar dinner. Observations with two different telescopes have revealed a bizarre pattern in the energy of a ‘tidal disruption flare’ in the distant galaxy, which occurs when a black hole devours a nearby star. Further investigation showed evidence of a repeating pattern of fluctuation, suggesting …

Astronomers capture supermassive black hole eating star
8 years, 8 months ago

Astronomers capture supermassive black hole eating star

CNN  

Story highlights Supermassive black hole observed swallowing a passing star Jets of particles shoot out at almost the speed of light CNN — A star, caught in the grips of a supermassive black hole. Red flashes reveal black hole feeding on star ‘Sharpest measurements ever made’ An international team of astronomers, led by Jun Yang at Sweden’s Chalmers University of …

In a galaxy far far away: Chandra observatory spots spectacular jet
9 years, 1 month ago

In a galaxy far far away: Chandra observatory spots spectacular jet

Firstpost  

Washington: New images taken from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory show a spectacular jet that emanates from a black hole in the centre of the galaxy and extends across 300,000 years toward a brilliant hotspot and a counter jet pointing in the opposite direction. The Pictor A galaxy is located nearly 500 million light years from Earth and contains a supermassive …

‘Monster’ cosmic blast zipped harmlessly by Earth
11 years, 4 months ago

‘Monster’ cosmic blast zipped harmlessly by Earth

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Astronomers call it the monster. In general, gamma ray bursts are “the most titanic explosions in the universe,” and this one was so big that some of the telescope instruments hit their peak, Preece said. Astronomers say it is incredibly unlikely that a gamma ray burst — especially a big one like this — could go off in …

Supernova blast emitted record burst of gamma rays
11 years, 4 months ago

Supernova blast emitted record burst of gamma rays

LA Times  

Astronomers have chronicled a record-setting burst of gamma rays from the violent death throes of a relatively nearby massive star that imploded into a black hole. The duration of the event -- on the order of hours -- as well as the number of photons created, the energy of those photons and the total explosive energy and radiance “topped the …

Astonishing power of supermassive black hole caught on camera
11 years, 5 months ago

Astonishing power of supermassive black hole caught on camera

Daily Mail  

Astonishing power of supermassive black hole caught on camera as it 'eats' immeasurable amounts of matter The images display the sheer power of the vast astral bodies By chance, a telescope captured one swallowing a huge amount of mass Images shed light on how the phenomena affects our galaxy One of the universe's most majestic sights has been captured on …

Flash In Distant Galaxy Was Of A Black Hole Swallowing A Star
13 years, 9 months ago

Flash In Distant Galaxy Was Of A Black Hole Swallowing A Star

India TV News  

Los Angeles, Jun 17: Astronomers think they have solved the mystery of an extraordinary flash spied in a faraway galaxy, saying it came from a massive black hole that devoured a star after it wandered too close. Two separate teams pored through data and concluded that an unsuspecting star the size of our sun likely got sucked in by the …

"Death Star" Galaxy Shoots Black Hole Jet at Hapless Neighbor
17 years, 3 months ago

"Death Star" Galaxy Shoots Black Hole Jet at Hapless Neighbor

Wired  

Here's a little lesson in parallelism. In a virtuoso feat of cross-telescope observation, researchers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Spitzer Space Telescope, along with a others, have observed that each galaxy in the system has a massive black hole at its center – but the larger has a huge jet shooting from its center, …

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