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Technion Researchers Observe Solar Storm Phenomenon in Supermassive Black Hole
Technion researchers have observed magnetic reconnection, the process behind solar storms, in the halo of a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783.
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- 01Technion researchers observed magnetic reconnection, the cause of solar storms, in a supermassive black hole's halo.
- 02The phenomenon was detected in the galaxy NGC 3783 using data from XRISM and XMM-Newton telescopes.
- 03The observation provides the first direct evidence of magnetic reconnection in an active galactic nucleus corona.
- 04Researchers compared the X-ray flare signature to an X4.2 solar flare observed by NASA in February 2026.
- 05The black hole in NGC 3783 has a mass 30 million times that of the Sun.
Using data from XRISM and XMM-Newton telescopes, they identified a signature matching solar flares, indicating energy release from breaking and reforming magnetic field lines. The black hole is 30 million solar masses, and the observed phenomenon is comparable to solar Coronal Mass Ejections. This marks the first direct observational evidence of such an event in an active galactic nucleus.
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