Mysterious flashing seen near supermassive black hole. Astronomers have an idea what it is
A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could they be?
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Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Lit Up in a Way We’ve Never Seen Before
Image: CfA/Mel Weiss Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the very first time, and it’s shedding new light on ...
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James Webb telescope captures 1st 'mid-infrared' flare from Milky Way's supermassive black hole
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...
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Milky Way's Massive Black Hole Spaghettified Filament Of Gas
A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...
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100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone
Somewhere in between, humans realized the universe is much larger than our Milky Way — that the spiral nebulas ... "Hubble was so excited about this image that he wrote 'VAR!' on the black and white ...
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“There are hundreds of them” – NASA discovers huge black holes roaming space
According to NASA, "there are hundreds of them"—massive black holes roaming space. It is now emerging and reshaping the ...
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Two stars may be orbiting each other near a supermassive black hole in our Milky Way galaxy
This image released by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, May 12, 2022, shows a black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way black hole is called Sagittarius A*, near ...
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Two stars may be orbiting each other near a supermassive black hole in our Milky Way galaxy
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have spotted what appear to be two stars whipping around each other near the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Nearly every large galaxy ...