Magnetic Flip Drives Flare-Up of Monster Black Hole

Explore the unusual eruption of 1ES 1927+654, a galaxy located 236 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. A sudden reversal of the magnetic field around its million-solar-mass black hole may have triggered the outburst.

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Music: "Water Dance" and "Alternate Worlds" from Universal Production Music