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Beethoven wasn’t the only one with dramatic flair 200 years ago—Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, may have also composed an intense flare as it consumed nearby material.
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Milky Way’s Central Black Hole Awoke 200 Years Ago, NASA’s IXPE Finds
Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, woke some 200 years ago to devour cosmic debris, according to new findings from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer.Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
