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Echoes of Ancient Flares: The “Quiet Monster” of the Milky Way Revealed


Scientists studied the past activity of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole in our galaxy, by analyzing light echoes from x-ray flares, indicating frequent past material consumption and a historically brighter state. The supermassive black hole at the heart of our Milky Way Galaxy is a qu

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