Nasa finds a ‘flipped’ black hole producing a ‘rare and enigmatic outburst’

‘It was very exciting to delve into this galaxy’s strange explosive episode and try to understand the possible physical processes at work’

Nasa has detected what could be a spontaneous flip of a black hole 236 million light-years away.

The magnetic field of the cosmic body seemingly reversed, leading the team to detect a “rare and enigmatic outburst” from the distant galaxy.

“Rapid changes in visible and ultraviolet light have been seen in a few dozen galaxies similar to this one,” said Sibasish Laha, a research scientist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Center.