Intermediate mass black holes (IMBH), if they exist, have between about 100 and 1,000 solar masses, placing them in between ...

X-ray space telescopes caught a supermassive blackhole flinging matter into space at a fifth of the speed of light.

In other words, the matter traveled at 20% the speed of light.

A never-before-seen blast from a supermassive black hole was spotted by two sophisticated X-ray space telescopes. This giant ...

An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole ...

NASA has visualized the cataclysm, which is thought to have caused a mysterious eruption of gamma rays captured by telescopes ...

Learn how researchers used Einstein’s theory of general relativity to create the most accurate simulations to date.

Scientists observed a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 releasing wind at 20% of the speed of light after a sudden X-ray flare. New data from XRISM and XMM-Newton explains how magnetic activi ...

A sudden X-ray flare from a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 triggered ultra-fast winds racing outward at a fifth the speed of light—an event never witnessed before. Using XMM-Newton and ...

An international team of astronomers conducted a ten-day observation of the NGC 3783 black hole using mainly the XRISM space ...

For the first time, astronomers have caught the moment when a supermassive black hole flare triggers a mighty wind blasting ...

Supermassive black holes are complex beasts. When abundant material reaches them, they can become active. The process of ...