Black Hole Blasts Bright X-Rays | 6-Year Time-Lapse Video
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
The supermassive singularity at the center of our galaxy (Sgr A*) flares in X-ray radiation every 5 - 10 days. Astronomers swing NASA’s Swift XRT spacecraft to spy on the 4 million solar mass black hole every few days.