"Repetitive Interactions: Tiny Black Hole Pierces Larger Black Hole's Gas Disk"

Astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy exhibiting periodic outbursts of gas every 8.5 days, a behavior never seen before in black holes. This unusual activity is believed to be caused by a smaller black hole orbiting the larger one and periodically punching through its gas disk. The findings challenge the traditional understanding of black hole accretion disks and suggest that they may contain other black holes or even entire stars. The discovery was made using automated telescopes and X-ray observations, shedding light on a new type of black hole system and potentially indicating the prevalence of such systems in galactic nuclei.