Intrepid white dwarf has a close encounter with a huge black hole

It's probably the closest object we’ve ever observed orbiting around a supermassive black hole, says researcher

15 January 2025 - 04:30 By WILL DUNHAM

Scientists have detected emanating from the nucleus of a galaxy relatively close to our Milky Way flashes of X-rays gradually increasing in frequency that seem to be coming from a white dwarf — a highly compact stellar ember — with a death wish...

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