Milky Way’s Black Hole Shows Signs of Increased Chatter

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 19:10 in Astronomy & Space

Three orbiting X-ray space telescopes have detected an increased rate of X-ray flares from the usually quiet giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy after new long-term monitoring. Scientists are trying to learn whether this is normal behavior that was unnoticed due to limited monitoring, or these flares are triggered by […]

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