These flares are the first direct observation of light from behind a black hole.As you know, this is a cosmic phenomenon
In a new study, Stanford University astrophysicist Dan Wilkins studied the supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy 800 million light-years away During observations of X-ray flares, telescopes recorded additional flares that appeared later than the main ones, they were less bright and of different "colors".According to calculations, these light echoes, or reflections, corresponded to X-rays that bounced off the far side of the black hole.
Any light that hits the black hole doesn't come out, so we shouldn't be able to see what's behind it. The reason scientists observed the flares is becauseis that a black hole bends space, deflects lightand swirls magnetic fields around itself.
Initially, the research was aimed atstudying the corona, an element that some black holes possess. Material falling into a supermassive black hole fuels the brightest continuous light sources in the universe and in the process forms a corona of X-ray light around the black hole.
The authors will continue to describe and study the coronas of black holes.It is noted that its launch is planned in 10 years.
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