Black Hole in Milky Way Seen Snacking on Asteroids?
Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 16:31
in Astronomy & Space
An ongoing rocky buffet would explain bright x-ray flares seen around our galaxy's supermassive black hole since 1999, astronomers say.
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