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James Webb Telescope Reveals Black Hole's Continuous Light Flares

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astrophysicists has observed that Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the Milky Way's center, continuously emits flares without rest.
The researchers found that the black hole's accretion disk generates five to six large flares daily alongside several smaller sub-flares.
Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, a study co-author, stated that Sagittarius A* is unique because it is always bubbling with activity and does not reach a steady state.
Future studies aim to observe Sagittarius A* for uninterrupted periods to further understand its unusual activity and flaring events.

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Scientists Discover Milky Way Black Hole Constantly Emits Flares

A size comparison of the supermassive black holes Messier 87* and Sagittarius A*, where Messier 87* is 1500 times more massive than Sagittarius A*. Credits: National Science Foundation/Keyi “Onyx” Li; Lia Medeiros, Institute for Advanced Study, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The supermassive black hole in the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy, Sagittarius A*, constantly emits flares like fireworks. Observation from the James Webb Space Telescope …

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