Mysterious flashes of light seen emanating from the galaxy’s central black hole

Given their name, black holes aren’t the kind of places you’d expect to see much light. But sometimes flashes of light are seen as the black holes snack on gas and dust. Earlier this year though the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy flared up in an unprecedented light show, and astronomers don’t really know why.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

Mysterious flashes of light seen emanating from the galaxy’s central black hole

Given their name, black holes aren’t the kind of places you’d expect to see much light. But sometimes flashes of light are seen as the black holes snack on gas and dust. Earlier this year though the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy flared up in an unprecedented light show, and astronomers don’t really know why.

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And when it was expected a few years ago it didn’t happen. That was G2.

> On May 13 this year, Sgr A* gave off a near-infrared flare 75 times brighter than usual, in as little as two hours. At its peak, the black hole appeared double the brightness of its previous personal best.

Interesting. Exciting.

> or we have just seen the fireworks from a few unusual blobs of gas falling in.

Lock in that as best guess.