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First Peek at Intermediate Black Hole Feeding
Astronomers stunned the science world when the Einstein Probe detected an unprecedented cosmic explosion on July 2, 2025 — a super-bright, rapidly changing X-ray source that may reveal the first direct sighting of an intermediate-mass black hole devouring a white dwarf. Unlike typical cosmic blasts, this event flared before the main eruption and reached one of the brightest ever recorded, fading over 20 days while shifting its X-ray signature. Located on the edge of a distant galaxy, it defied existing models — until scientists, including teams from the University of Hong Kong, proposed the…
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