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Astronomers spot flares of light near the black hole at the center of our galaxy

The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long flares as well as short flashes every day.

Smithsonian Magazine · 1d

James Webb Telescope Reveals a Dazzling Light Show From the Milky Way’s Black Hole

Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the mysterious behavior of the most massive object in our galaxy

Mashable · 18h

Webb telescope finds Milky Way black hole never stops strobing light

A new study using NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a variety of light coming from the black hole Sagittarius A* — or rather its accretion disk, the ring of rapidly spinning material that surrounds it.

SciTech Daily · 1d

NASA’s Webb Telescope Reveals a Never-Ending Cosmic Firestorm at the Center of the Milky Way

Observations revealed ongoing fireworks featuring short bursts and longer flares. Imagine solar flares, but magnified to an unimaginable scale — a continuous sparkle bright enough to shine across 26,000 light-years of space.

Space.com3d

Want a workout? Try walking to the top of the world's largest telescope (photo)

"If you want to take the stairs and walkways from the entrance of the ELT's dome all the way up to the top, you need about 30 minutes." ...

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‘Ultrahigh Energy’ Neutrino Found With a Telescope Under the Sea

The team announced its “ultrahigh energy” neutrino on Wednesday, in a paper published in the journal Nature. The finding ...

Will an asteroid collide with Earth? How the Webb telescope will track 2024 YR4

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...

Space.com5d

Telescopes on Amazon: The best deals 2025

With wider apertures, these types of telescopes are able to take in more light and therefore better ... that the Schmidt-Cassegrain designs have bigger apertures, and the Maksutov-Cassegrain ...

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Webb telescope spies the Milky Way’s black hole constantly ‘bubbling’ with light

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spied dynamic flares of light near ... hole is much more energetic and much more extreme.” Meanwhile, the longer, bigger flares may ...

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