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Persistent hiccups in a far-off galaxy draw astronomers to new black hole behavior

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persistent hiccups in a far off galaxy draw astronomers to new black hole behavior

Astronomers have found that a previously quiet black hole, which sits at the center of a galaxy about 800 million light years away, has suddenly erupted, giving off plumes of gas every 8.5 days before settling back to its normal, quiet state.

Source: ScienceDaily.com