Supermassive Black hole Mysterious Hiccups

Supermassive Black hole Mysterious Hiccups

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole, 800 million light-years away, behaving oddly, brightening a thousand-fold, suggesting it's "hiccuping" due to a smaller black hole's disruptions.

This behavior, observed in a galaxy's heart with a black hole massing 50 million suns, challenges previous notions about black hole accretion disks. The team posits that a secondary black hole collides with the gas and dust disk surrounding the primary, causing these hiccups.

This new finding suggests accretion disks might contain complex elements, like smaller black holes, altering our understanding of black hole dynamics. This discovery, leveraging data from telescopes and the NICER X-ray observatory, highlights the potential for numerous similar systems, urging further investigation to unravel the mysteries of black hole interactions and their effects on galaxy dynamics.

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