NASA's flagship space telescope captured flares from the disk of superheated material around the black hole, revealing the dynamic—and explosive—physics at our galaxy's core.

Astrophysicists have observed our central supermassive black hole. They found the accretion disk is constantly emitting flares without periods of rest. Shorter, faint flares and longer, bright flares ...

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The gigantic coronal hole is blasting high-speed solar wind toward Earth, potentially igniting vibrant auroras and minor geomagnetic activity on Jan. 31. and Feb. 1. Keep up with current northern ...

REAL MADRID'S showdown with Brest was delayed by around five minutes due to flares let off by supporters. Smoke from the flares severely affected visibility, with kick-off in the Champions League ...

"Both are likely to provide an enhanced and disturbed solar wind environment to start off February, but our models indicate more likely influences from the northern CH (coronal hole)," said Shawn Dahl ...

India's journey in fusion research began with the Tokamak at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), operational since 1987. Varsha Agarwal Updated : Jan 28, 2025, 12:35 PM IST China's ...

Such regions are known by scientists as coronal holes. They are areas where the Sun's magnetic fields have opened up, allowing solar wind to escape freely into space. Coronal holes, which are most ...

Scientists just set a new record in attempts to create an 'artificial Sun' down here on planet Earth. The team behind the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) in China kept their ...