Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Peering Into the Energetic Turbulence Around Supermassive Black Holes

We know they're there but have never seen them like this before. New observations show that supermassive black holes reside in the calm center of all the chaos they create in their surroundings. The new observations come from the XRISM spacecraft, a powerful and perceptive x-ray space telescope launched by NASA/JAXA/ESA.

Astronomers used the XRISM x-ray satellite to observe two supermassive black holes in two separate galaxy clusters. Researchers know that SMBH have powerful effects on star formation and galaxy evolution. The observations reveal new details in how it all works.



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