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Milky Way galaxy's black hole lights up suddenly and mysteriously
By Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Milky Way black hole lights up: Our galaxy's supermassive black hole suddenly flashed a bright light — and scientists don't know exactly why
By Danielle Garrand
The black hole at the center of our galaxy just lit up twice as bright as ever. Who knows why
By N'dea Yancey-Bragg
Milky Way's Black Hole Just Flared, Growing 75 Times as Bright for a Few Hours
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NASA Webb Telescope
NASAWebb
This #BlackHoleWeek, we're pulled in by the farthest active supermassive black hole ever spotted. Webb's image shows the black hole's host: GN-z11, a galaxy that existed when our 13.8 billion-year-old universe was only about 430 million years old. More: go.nasa.gov/4dujNS2 pic.twitter.com/n4NYvP7gzt
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U.S. National Science Foundation
NSF
Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the galaxy, has a mass 4.3 million times greater than the sun. It comprises 99.9% of the mass at the center of the Milky Way.
📌 bit.ly/3JR7Poc
📷 @geminiobs @NOIRLabAstro/ NSF/AURA/J. da Silva
#BlackHoleWeek pic.twitter.com/KriQYlAUNs
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U.S. National Science Foundation
NSF
It's #BlackHoleWeek!
What happens when two black holes merge? Gravitational waves may help solve this mystery and NSF @NANOGrav is on a mission to find the answer.
Watch this video to learn more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2EKbvnee3o
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ESO
ESO
#BlackHoleWeek Day 2! ⚫ 🌌
Did you know we can now measure the mass of a #BlackHole so far away that its light takes 11 billion years to reach us? 🤯
Here’s how it works 👇
www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann24002/
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