A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could they be?

Rapid X-ray oscillations detected near the innermost orbit of a supermassive black hole could indicate the presence of a nearby orbiter such as a white dwarf ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Scientists have detected emanating from ... The researchers estimated that the white dwarf is orbiting the black hole at about 5% the distance that separates Earth ...

The astronomers have detected flashes of X-rays coming ... object itself -- can resist crossing the black hole's boundary. "Because white dwarfs are small and compact, they're very difficult ...

The astronomers have detected flashes of X-rays coming ... object itself—can resist crossing the black hole's boundary. "Because white dwarfs are small and compact, they're very difficult ...

International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected features ... team found that a low-mass white dwarf—a stellar remnant ...

A dead galaxy, over 11 billion years old, has surprised astronomers with powerful radio bursts. Once thought to be lifeless, ...

The black hole in question is 1ES ... of these strange episodes is a finely balanced white dwarf, the researchers theorize that it could be detected using ripples in space and time called ...

International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected features ... likely be a 0.1 solar-mass white dwarf — the leftover core ...