Our galaxy’s black hole may have made a huge X-ray flare 205 years ago

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Space

The supermassive achromatic spread astatine the centre of the Milky Way whitethorn person blasted retired a almighty burst of X-rays 2 centuries ago, perchance owed to eating a star

By Leah Crane

An representation of an country of abstraction filled with reddish and bluish gas, and scattered stars

The portion of abstraction astir Sagittarius A*, the supermassive achromatic spread astatine the centre of our galaxy

NASA/CXC/Univ. of Wisconsin/Y.Ba

The colossal achromatic spread astatine the centre of the Milky Way hasn’t ever been truthful quiet.

Our galaxy’s supermassive achromatic hole, called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), is comparatively inactive now, but observations of the state clouds astir it hint that it whitethorn person released a almighty blast of X-rays astir 205 years ago.

When a achromatic spread puts retired an X-ray flare, that radiation tin bounce disconnected immoderate state successful the …

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