WASHINGTON: Black holes, celestial objects known for their gluttony, usually eat stars unlucky enough to stray too close to them in one big gulp, annihilating them with their enormous gravitational pull. But some, it turns out, tend to snack rather than gorge. Researchers said they have observed a supermas
WASHINGTON: Black holes, celestial objects known for their gluttony, usually eat stars unlucky enough to stray too close to them in one big gulp, annihilating them with their enormous gravitational pull. But some, it turns out, tend to snack rather than gorge.
Most galaxies have such black holes at their centre, and the environment around them can be among the most violent places in the universe. The stellar material that falls into the black hole heats up to around 3.6 million degrees Fahrenheit , unleashing an immense amount of X-rays. Those were detected by the space observatory.
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