Astronomers have detected the largest X-ray flare ever from the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This event was 400 times brighter than the usual X-ray output from the black hole. Credit: NASA/CXC/Northwestern Univ/D.Haggard et al. Image Credit: NASA/CXC/Stanford/I. Zhuravleva et al.
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2015. Astronomers have observed the largest X-ray flare ever detected from the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky…
