Astronomers believe the source of the flashing is somewhere very close to the black hole, perhaps even within a few million miles of the event horizon – a theoretical boundary known as the ...

Researchers say that for the last two years X-ray flashes have been coming out of the supermassive black hole with an increasing frequency, going from once every 18 minutes to every seven minutes.

The black hole is known as 1ES 1927+654 ... “We’ve never seen this dramatic variability in the rate at which it’s flashing,” said Megan Masterson, a graduate student in physics at MIT ...

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Northwestern researchers made significant discoveries within the past week. The Daily compiled a recap of their most recent ...