Orbital telescopes detect increased activity from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way

Three space-based observatories appear to have picked up an unusual increase in activity from the supermassive black hole located at the center of our galaxy. According to the data, the black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), which has a mass of roughly 4 million times our Sun, is currently throwing out ten times the usual amount of bright X-ray flares.

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Section: Space

Tags:

• NASA
• X-ray
• WISE
• Flares
• ESA
• Supermassive black hole

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