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Written by Josh Universe :goldverify: on 2025-01-15 at 07:46

ESA's XMM-Newton spacecraft has detected an unprecedented X-ray signal coming from the very edge of a supermassive black hole.

This defies how we thought matter falls into black holes, and points to a potential source of gravitational waves for ESA’s future LISA mission.

ESA Writeup: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/XMM-Newton/XMM-Newton_catches_giant_black_hole_s_X-ray_oscillations

(Artist impression: NASA/Sonoma State University, A. Simonnet)

@science@lemmy.world @science@beehaw.org @space@lemmy.world @space@newsmast.community #space #science #nasa #astronomy

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