Teams of astronomers at Meyer's university and many other institutions have been keeping an eye on the black hole ever since. The vigilance paid off when, in April 2023, a team at the university ...

White dwarfs are among the most compact objects in the cosmos, though not as dense as a black hole. Stars with up to eight times the mass of our sun appear destined to end up as a white dwarf.

The weird outbursts of a distant supermassive black hole may be caused by a death-defying white dwarf walking a cosmic tight rope around it. ... The black hole in question is 1ES 1927+654, ...

Artist's conception of the black hole in 47 Tucanae X9 siphoning matter off the white dwarf. Credit: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss ...

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.

Read: Sometimes, Black Holes Can Birth Stars. Another possible explanation for the existence of this strange stellar pair is that the white dwarf is actually orbiting a neutron star, not a black hole.

White dwarfs are among the most compact objects in the cosmos, though not as dense as a black hole. Stars with up to eight times the mass of our sun appear destined to end up as a white dwarf.

Astronomers found a black hole acting unusually in 2018. ... An artist's rendering of a white dwarf star speeding around the black hole 1ES 1927+654. A stream of particles trails the dense star.

How white dwarfs mimic black holes Date: December 17, 2012 Source: University of Southampton Summary: Astronomers have revealed that bright X-ray flares in nearby galaxies, once assumed to ...

Black Holes 'Daredevil' white dwarf star could be closest-known object to a weird black hole. News. By Robert Lea published 13 January 2025 "This tells us that objects like white dwarfs may be ...