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    Heartbeat of an active galaxy

    Active galaxies are thought to be the supermassive cousins of binary systems in our Galaxy that contain black holes. Observations of an unusual active galaxy provide compelling evidence that these systems are ...

    Phil Uttley in Nature (2008)

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    The response of relativistic outflowing gas to the inner accretion disk of a black hole

    X-ray detection of an ultrafast outflow of gas is strongly linked with energy emission from the inner accretion disk of a black hole, suggesting that X-rays ionize the outflowing disk wind.

    Michael L. Parker, Ciro Pinto, Andrew C. Fabian, Anne Lohfink in Nature (2017)