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Astronomers Detect Stellar Storms Near a Supermassive Black Hole for the First Time

Researchers report the first observations of solar-like storm activity in the turbulent environment around a supermassive black hole, opening a new window on how matter behaves under extreme gravity.

The first image of a black hole's event horizon, obtained by the Event Horizon Telescope in 2019, shows the asymmetric brightness of the accretion disk.

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Researchers report the first observations of solar-like storm activity in the turbulent environment around a supermassive black hole, opening a new window on how matter behaves under extreme gravity.