In a rare event, astronomers were able to capture a black hole that appeared to be waking up after laying dormant for 100 million years. Scientists have described the phenomena as that of a 'cosmic volcano' that erupted.
The rare phenomenon was first observed on the radio galaxy J1007+3540 with India's uGMRT telescope. Images captured by the telescope show the black hole erupting like a 'cosmic volcano' with force strong enough to reshape its host galaxy. The black hole is even producing jets of superheated plasma that span almost one million light-years, 10 times wider than the Milky Way.
