Markarian 335: Rare Blurring Of Black Hole Light 324 Million Light Years Away
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 02:20
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has captured an extreme and rare event in the regions immediately surrounding the supermassive black hole Markarian 335: a compact source of X-rays that sits near the black hole - the corona - has moved closer to the black hole over a period of just days. read more