Learn why a black hole is becoming active and why experts still can't explain the source of its regular, periodic pattern of ...

"This pushes our models to their limits and challenges our existing ideas about how these X-ray flashes are being generated." ...

Researchers have spent the past few years watching a black hole re-awaken roughly 300 million light-years away from Earth.

Although we know that supermassive black holes (millions of times the mass of our sun) lurk at the center of most galaxies, ...

"This rare event provides an opportunity for astronomers to observe a black hole's behavior in real time," said astronomer ...

Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...

The black hole at the heart of galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away, was quiet for decades as it consumed little matter and was in a dormant state. But recently it suddenly lit ...

Ansky was first seen erupting in 2019, with bursts of X-ray light from February 2024. These repeated at almost regular ...

Scientists have observed a previously inactive supermassive black hole producing regular, powerful X-ray eruptions that ...

The Black Mountain Town Council met with town staff April 9 to continue budget talks for the upcoming fiscal year.

Longtime community leader Betty Smith, a Joplin resident since 1929 who assisted with the peaceful integration of Joplin schools and the community, died Thursday after an illness. She was 96. Smith’s ...

The Trump administration has started purging the government’s digital memory. Democracies die without proper archiving and public records.