10-11-2016 19:06 via scitechdaily.com

Astronomers Explain Mysterious Dimming of Markarian 1018

By combining data from Chandra, VLT and several other telescopes, astronomers reveal that the dimming of Markarian 1018 arises from the black hole at the center being deprived of enough fuel to illuminate its surroundings. Astronomers may have solved the mystery of the peculiar volatile behavior of a supermassive black hole at the center of […]
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