XMM-Newton Observes Puzzling X-ray Oscillations from Black Hole

ESA’s XMM-Newton has detected rapidly fluctuating X-rays coming from the edge of a supermassive black hole in the heart of …
XMM-Newton Observes Puzzling X-ray Oscillations from Black Hole

ESA's XMM-Newton has detected rapidly fluctuating X-rays coming from the edge of a supermassive black hole in the heart of a nearby galaxy. The results defy how experts believe matter falls into such black holes, pointing to a potential source of gravitational waves that ESA’s future mission, Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), could see.

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