Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.

Credit: Aurore Simonnet / Sonoma State University That's because the shredding of the white dwarf's material has a "kickback" effect, propelling it away from the black hole's event horizon.

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could they be?

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One supermassive black hole has kept astronomers glued to their scopes for the last several years. First came a surprise disappearance, and now, a precarious spinning act. The black hole in ...

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