Black hole births jets, hosts white dwarf while astronomers watch
6 days ago · The supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy 1ES 1927+654, imagined here, hosts not only a newly birthed jet (upper right), but also possibly an orbiting white dwarf (lower right).
This Supermassive Black Hole May Harbor a Death-Defying White Dwarf
4 days ago · If the hypothetical object orbiting the black hole were a white dwarf, the undead star would be in some sort of tidal limbo, where it would be “starting to get ripped apart a little bit,” she ...
Intrepid white dwarf has a close encounter with a massive black hole ...
6 days ago · The researchers estimated that the white dwarf is orbiting the black hole at about 5% the distance that separates Earth from the sun, or a bit under 5 million miles (8 million km).
Astronomers may have an answer to strange flashes from black hole
6 days ago · Between 2022 and 2024, astronomers detected rapid X-ray flashes originating from the black hole in which the brightness repeatedly rose and fell every few minutes. Astronomers theorize that a...
X-ray flashes from a nearby supermassive black hole accelerate ...
Jan 13, 2025 · The white dwarf is practically at the precipice of no return and is estimated to be just a few million miles from the event horizon. However, the researchers predict that the star will not fall in. While the black hole’s gravity may pull the white dwarf inward, the star is also shedding part of its outer layer into the black hole.
'Daredevil' white dwarf star could be closest-known object to a …
Jan 13, 2025 · The black hole in question is 1ES 1927+654, located around 270 million light-years from Earth, with a mass around 1.4 billion times that of the sun. 1ES 1927+654 first announced its weirdness to ...
Astronomers Found Strange, Accelerating X-Ray Pulses Coming …
6 days ago · The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary research Sara Hashemi Correspondent An artist’s concept of a white dwarf ...
How black holes bring white dwarfs back to life - EarthSky
Sep 8, 2018 · White dwarfs are the dead remnants of once larger, active stars like the sun, and sometimes, it seems, black holes can momentarily “bring them back to life.” Image via ESA.
Daredevil White Dwarf Star May Be the Nearest Object to a Strange Black ...
6 days ago · Astronomers Spot Fastest X-ray Flashes from Black Hole, Link to White Dwarf Star. This black hole, which is about one million times as massive as our sun, has been a source of interest since 2018.
White dwarf - Wikipedia
White dwarfs are thought to be the final evolutionary state of stars whose mass is not high enough to become a neutron star or black hole.