A stronomers have spotted a bright ‘hotspot’ swirling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of our Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). The team thinks the hotspot could be a bubble of hot gas orbiting Sgr A* as fast as 30 per cent the speed of light. The discovery could help astronomers and astrophysicists better understand the violent environment at the centre of the Milky Way, and around Sgr A* in particular. “We think we’re
MILKY WAY’S SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE HAS A HOTSPOT
Nov 03, 2022
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