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Why does this black hole binary repeat the same radio heartbeat?
Ya Xing Li, Lei Liu, Wu Jiang, Zhen Yan, Bo Xia, Zhi Qiang Shen
June 1, 2026
Astronomers monitoring the microquasar GRS 1915+105 detected a faint radio oscillation repeating every ~33 seconds during a 2025 flare, visible in both S- and X-band observations. The oscillation frequency was identical to one observed years earlier, suggesting it's an intrinsic property of the accretion-jet system rather than random noise. This recurring timescale may reveal how material spirals into the black hole.
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