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StatusMar 18, 2026

X-ray spacecraft watches monster black hole wake up and fire cosmic bullets at starburst galaxy

X-ray spacecraft watches monster black hole wake up and fire cosmic bullets at starburst galaxy
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The research could shed light on how black holes vomit out matter and how this influences their home galaxies.

The joint NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission XRISM has spotted a monster black hole awakening in a distant "starburst" galaxy.

The research is revolutionary to black hole science, because it represents the first observation of the exact stage at which "winds" from a black hole begin to shape an entire galaxy.

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