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XMM-Newton catches giant black hole’s X-ray oscillations

XMM-Newton catches giant black hole’s X-ray oscillations

The European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton has detected rapidly fluctuating X-rays coming from the very edge of a supermassive black hole in the heart of a nearby galaxy. The results paint a fascinating picture that defies how we thought matter falls into such black holes, and points to a potential source of gravitational waves that ESA’s future mission, LISA, could see.

Published by ESA on 01/13/2025

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