The European Southern Observatory reported the awakening of a new black hole
Scientists may have observed the awakening of a massive black hole in real time for the first time, according to a press release from the European Southern Observatory.
Researchers have arrived concluded that they had witnessed changes that had never before been observed in galaxies, as noted in the published information.
According to the data, the galaxy SDSS1335+0728 suddenly began to emit more light than before, and this process turned out to be long lasting Astronomers believe that the cause of this phenomenon was the awakening of a black hole located in the center of the galaxy SDSS1335+0728, which began to absorb a large amount of gas surrounding it.
A similar process can occur in the black hole Sagittarius A*, located in center of the Milky Way, but the likelihood of such a scenario is still unknown, scientists say.
Earlier, astronomers from the University of Florida discovered that black holes formed as a result of the merger of other black holes may contain information about their predecessors. Researchers have suggested that a black hole's angular momentum contains details about its origin.