In an attempt to tackle these questions, a research team simulated the action of a so-called accretion disk around a supermassive black hole; not only could this simulation grant crucial insights ...

Phaistos Disc. Credit: C. Messier/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA-4.0 The Phaistos Disc, discovered in 1908 in Crete, has long been a subject of intrigue due to its undeciphered symbols arranged in a ...

More information: Prasun Dhang et al, Energy Extraction from a Black Hole by a Strongly Magnetized Thin Accretion Disk, The Astrophysical Journal (2025). DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ada76e ...

By peering deep into the heart of our galaxy, Webb has captured a continuous sequence of flares erupting from the black hole’s surrounding accretion disk. These flashes come in varying intensities, ...

Its supermassive black hole, dubbed Sagittarius A*, is surrounded by a swirling mass of gas and dust called an accretion disc. Sagittarius A* is just 26,000 light-years from Earth — relatively ...

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 ...

Called an accretion disk, this ring of matter around Sagittarius A* spewed everything from brief flickers that only last a few seconds to incredibly bright daily eruptions to even faint flickers ...

Since then, many have been observed and studied. Scientists usually observe a blackhole indirectly from the accretion disk surrounding it. Accretion disks are formed when matter, like gas and stars, ...

Many patients with lower back pain, sciatica, pain down the back of the legs, or weakness of the lower-extremity muscles are diagnosed with a herniated (a.k.a. compressed or ruptured) spinal disc.

The vast majority of people -- more than 90% -- with pain from cervical disc disease will get better on their own over time with simple, conservative treatments. Surgery, however, may help if ...

Many a time your partition or drive does not appear in File Explorer. To check if it’s physically there, open the Disk Management. Check if you see it as Not Initialized. If yes, then it simply ...