Water and Dust Found Surviving Near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

'Especially Exciting': JWST Finds Water Surviving Surprisingly Close to Our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole

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Water and Dust Found Surviving near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

Using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found that IRS 3 is still forging silicate dust and harboring water molecules despite the Galaxy’s most extreme radiation environment. The post Water and Dust Found Surviving near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

This starry photo isn’t just pretty – it’s proof that water can survive harsher space environments than we thought

A new photograph from the James Webb Space Telescope is a dazzling explosion of color – but the image also suggests that water can survive even when relatively close to a black hole.The photograph shows a star named IRS 3, which is .55 light years away from the black hole near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, Sagittarius A*. While the photograph itself looks worthy of wall art, the new image highlights a significant find for researchers.Accor…

Water can survive surprisingly close to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, James Webb Space Telescope finds

The heart of the Milky Way may be more hospitable to water than astronomers thought.Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers detected water and cosmic dust around an aging star only 0.55 light-years from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.The new study suggests that water and dust can form and survive surprisingly close to a supermassive black hole, where intense radiation and other h…