Bingeing Black Hole Belches Brightly

3,131 views · Published 12 December 2012 · 1:31 · Indexed 19 October 2026

Channel: VideoFromSpace · 2012 · Science & Technology

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A bingeing black hole in the closest large galaxy, Andromeda, burps a bright X-ray blast. The cosmic belch proves that relatively small black holes, about 10x our Sun's mass, can blast the ultra-luminous X-ray outbursts (ULX's) that scientists see.

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SPACE.com / International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University / NASA  / ESO

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