- The black hole, called Sagittarius A*, has been quiet and dim since it was discovered in the 1990s. It’s thought to have been mostly quiescent for eons. But roughly 200 years ago, the black hole, as seen from Earth, suddenly brightened as it let out a brief flare of X-rays, researchers report. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/milky-way-black-hole-active 3 comments science
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- Astronomers watch a supermassive black hole turn on for the first time https://www.sciencenews.org/article/supermassive-black-hole-turn-on-agn 13 comments
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