Guwahati, Aug. 18 -- Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, in collaboration with UR Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, and Haifa University, Israel, have uncovered a mysterious X-ray signal pattern emitted from a blackhole called GRS 1915+105, located nearly 28,000 light-years from Earth, as per a release.

Using the data from India's space observatory AstroSat, the researchers observed the X-ray brightness from the black hole alternated between bright and dim phases, each lasting several hundred seconds.

Researchers from across the world are working towards understanding the phenomena of black holes. While drawing gas from the outer layers of their companion stars, they produce extreme heat and emit X-rays. By studying ...