Astronomers Watched a Supermassive Black Hole Gorge on a Cosmic Meal, Then “Burp” Radio Jets About 300 Days Later

Something happened to the black hole at the heart of the Perseus Cluster, and it took nearly two decades of data to see it. A flare unlike any recorded before, a prime suspect that had to be dismissed, and a mystery that only a patient observatory could help untangle. Here is how astronomers pieced together the story of this black hole.
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- Friday, 16 October 2026, 6:15 pm IST
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