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X-ray flashes from a nearby supermassive black hole accelerate mysteriously

X-ray flashes from a nearby supermassive black hole accelerate mysteriously | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a supermassive black hole at a steadily increasing clip. The source could be the core of a dead star that’s teetering at the black hole’s edge.

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