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(09-24-2015, 02:42 PM)DLP Wrote: Milky Way's black hole show signs of increased chatter: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandr...atter.html
Going back a bit further:
https://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/january/...black-hole
For the record, the earliest article I can find for the 'flash' is September 22.
Milky Way's black hole shows signs of increased chatter
Phys.Org - Sep 23, 2015
Three orbiting X-ray space telescopes have detected an increased rate of X-ray flares from the usually quiet giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy after new long-term monitoring. Scientists are trying to learn whether this is normal ...
Milky Way's black hole is more active!
EarthSky - Sep 24, 2015
The black hole at the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. ... Scientists using combined data from three orbiting X-ray space telescopes report a recent tenfold increase in the rate of X-ray flares from the Milky Way's black hole within the past ...
Is the Milky Way's Black Hole Feeding?
SkyandTelescope.com - Sep 24, 2015
This mysterious dusty object made a splash in 2012 when it was discovered heading straight for an encounter with the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole. Astronomers waited with baited breath (and telescopes tuned to wavelengths from radio to ...
Mysterious cosmic dustball fires up Milky Way's black hole
The Register - Sep 23, 2015
Alternatively, it could be that black holes just get more active from time to time – the faster flare periods have occurred in other black holes outside of our galaxy. The only way to find out is to carry on looking, and the team will continue using ...
The Black Hole at the Core of Our Milky Way Has Grown Restless
Softpedia News - Sep 24, 2015
“Three orbiting X-ray space telescopes have detected an increased rate of X-ray flares from the usually quiet giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy after new long-term monitoring,” researchers say. Apparently, Sagittarius A* is now ...
Orbital telescopes detect increased activity from the supermassive black hole ...
Gizmag - Sep 25, 2015
The telescopes had previously undertaken a long term observation campaign of the region in an attempt to better understand the monster lurking at the heart of the Milky Way. The results of the study, which drew on data collected over a 15 year span ...
Did Mystery Object Rumble Our Monster Black Hole?
Discovery News - Sep 24, 2015
Until recently, the Milky Way's supermassive black hole — that resides in a region of our galaxy's core called Sagittarius A* — has been generating bright flares roughly once every 10 days. Over the past year, however, activity has increased and ...
Story image for galactic flares - milky way from Christian Post
Monster black hole in recent galaxy 'too big,' mystery object stirs ...
Christian Post-Sep 25, 2015
... object that seemed to have rumbled the hole in the Milky Way. ... has been releasing bright flares roughly once in 10 days but in the past year ...
Story image for galactic flares - milky way from Phys.Org
The sun
Phys.Org-8 hours ago
Our sun is brighter than most of the other stars in the galaxy (which are also ... Coronal mass ejections and solar flares occur when these magnetic field .... The sun lies close to the inner rim of the Milky Way's Orion Arm, in the ...
Story image for galactic flares - milky way from Daily Mail
'Cosmic sonic booms' hidden by dust could be spotted with radio ...
Daily Mail-Sep 23, 2015
The galactic centre is the rotational centre of the Milky Way and ... The array aims to pick up signals from flaring stars, flashing planets and ...
Story image for galactic flares - milky way from Discovery News
Star Shocked: Seeking Stars' 'Sonic Boom'
Discovery News-Sep 22, 2015
Well, the same is often true for our galaxy's center, where the stars and ... can be so dense we have great difficulty seeing objects in the Milky Way's core. ... a flare in the night through its interaction with the interstellar medium.
Story image for galactic flares - milky way from Astronomy Now Online
21 September 2015 in News: Astronomers identify a new class of ...
Astronomy Now Online-Sep 22, 2015
This galaxy is home to the ultraluminous X-ray source NCG1313X-1, ... 14 million light-years from the Milky Way in the southern constellation Reticulum. ... two repeating flares, each flashing at an unusually steady frequency.