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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.
Published as A 0.03 Hz Radio Quasi-periodic Oscillation During the 2025 Flare of GRS 1915+105 arXiv:2606.01823
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