准周期振荡（Quasi-periodic oscillations）是在黑洞附近发出的有节奏的光变现象。如同地震波揭示地球内部结构一般，这些振荡揭示了隐藏的黑洞物理机制。天体物理学家提出，新发现的在超大质量黑洞（Supermassive black ...

There are plenty of weird things floating around in space and black holes may be the weirdest. They’ve certainly sparked and stretched our imaginations.

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At the center of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. Interstellar gas periodically falls into the orbit ...

"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...

A surprising new study from Dartmouth and the University of Exeter researchers shows that when the supermassive black holes at the center of most large galaxies—including the Milky Way—consume ...