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First Infrared Flare-Up Detected From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
https://www.iflscience.com/first-infrared-flare-up-detected-from-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-77629
Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. As supermassive black holes go, it is fairly quiet. It’s not creating any galaxy-wide tantrums that should worry us. It does flare up though, and studying these flares across wavelengths has been very important to create models about the extreme environments around black holes. There was a major set of observations missing though – but astronomers have finally been able to fill in the gap.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/853419
https://www.iflscience.com/first-infrared-flare-up-detected-from-the-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-77629
Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. As supermassive black holes go, it is fairly quiet. It’s not creating any galaxy-wide tantrums that should worry us. It does flare up though, and studying these flares across wavelengths has been very important to create models about the extreme environments around black holes. There was a major set of observations missing though – but astronomers have finally been able to fill in the gap.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/853419