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Black Hole at Heart of Milky Way Keeps Flashing and No One Knows Why
interestingengineering.com ^ | By John Loeffler

Posted on 01/15/2022 3:04:56 PM PST by BenLurkin

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, keeps releasing random bursts of radiation on a daily basis and no one can figure out what is causing it.

These bursts ranged from tens to hundreds of times brighter than the normal signals sent out by the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy, but they don't appear to follow a discernable pattern.

The data from 2006 to 2008 show high levels of gamma-ray activity, followed by a rapid four-year-long drop, after which activity shot back up, starting in 2012.

There could be any number of reasons for the irregularity in the bursts, including gaseous clouds or stars passing between us and A* that is partially blocking the radiation.

(Excerpt) Read more at interestingengineering.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; darkmatter; physics; sagittariusa; science; speedofdark; stringtheory
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To: BenLurkin

It wants us to pull over.


21 posted on 01/15/2022 3:30:16 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: BenLurkin

Must be climate Change!


22 posted on 01/15/2022 3:31:20 PM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: seowulf

perfect timing!


23 posted on 01/15/2022 3:36:35 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They’re excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: dfwgator

Lol


24 posted on 01/15/2022 3:40:16 PM PST by boxlunch (10th Amendmt: nullification or Texit? PS We're in a hot war: globalists, CCP, media, Dems, RINOs)
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like a ‘Low Battery’ warning light…


25 posted on 01/15/2022 3:47:24 PM PST by LVS1
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To: dfwgator

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26 posted on 01/15/2022 3:47:27 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: BenLurkin

George Clinton knows why.


27 posted on 01/15/2022 3:50:16 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: BenLurkin

Your car’s warranty has expired!


28 posted on 01/15/2022 3:59:23 PM PST by buckalfa (I have forgotten more than I ever knew.)
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To: BenLurkin

They keep opening the refrigerator door ...


29 posted on 01/15/2022 4:03:01 PM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: DesertRhino

You got a little bit funk in ya I like it


30 posted on 01/15/2022 4:17:47 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: DannyTN

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31 posted on 01/15/2022 4:19:31 PM PST by gridlock (Nobody is going to come into your yard to tend your garden. )
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To: al baby

Give up the funk....


32 posted on 01/15/2022 4:21:11 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: BenLurkin

You need your P.F. Flyer, Jonny Quest Tiger Tooth from the Buster Brown shoe store to decode the message!


33 posted on 01/15/2022 4:23:55 PM PST by skepsel ("A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime", Mark Twain.)
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To: Arcadian Empire

Trying pick up a cute girl in the Ford galaxy.


34 posted on 01/15/2022 4:24:37 PM PST by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: BenLurkin

Wye wye zed


35 posted on 01/15/2022 4:29:15 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: BenLurkin
"Black Hole at Heart of Milky Way Keeps Flashing and No One Knows Why

How do they know no one knows why? Have they polled everyone on the planet to confirm that no one has the correct answer? And how can they be certain none of the proposed answers are correct? Maybe there's a 9-year-old polymath in Jaipur who has it sussed but his jealous teachers aren't giving his ideas a platform. After all, Einstein and Schrödinger both were long since cold in the ground before the argument over quantum entanglement was settled.

36 posted on 01/15/2022 5:09:29 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: DesertRhino

It just keeps singing “flashlight.”


37 posted on 01/15/2022 5:15:06 PM PST by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Liaison

Lol ...


38 posted on 01/15/2022 5:21:13 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Arcadian Empire

Answer is 42


39 posted on 01/15/2022 5:30:50 PM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe it’s just proud of its physique.


40 posted on 01/15/2022 7:47:23 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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