Raman Research Institute suggests disk wobble causes M74 X-1 flares

Team finds M74 X-1 stellar-mass

Aman Upadhyay and his team noticed that strong winds during flare-ups strip material from the disk, while in calmer times, the inner part is visible.
This wobble could be why the flares look so random.
Their findings also challenge old ideas that ULX M74 X-1 was an unusual, massive black hole. Instead, it's probably just a regular stellar-mass black hole or maybe even a neutron star.

Pretty cool reminder that there's still so much to learn out there!