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  • Black hole size revealed by its eating pattern

    Aug 12, 2021 10:45 am by Lois YoksoulianResearch
    An artist’s impression of an accretion disk rotating around an unseen supermassive black hole. Graphic courtesy Mark A. Garlick/Simons Foundation

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    • An artist’s impression of an accretion disk rotating around an unseen supermassive black hole. Graphic courtesy Mark A. Garlick/Simons Foundation

    A new study revealed that the flickering in the brightness observed in actively feeding supermassive black holes is related to their mass.