Observatory: Forecast for Sagittarius A* Black Hole: A Cold Gas Cloud

Monday, December 19, 2011 - 15:20 in Astronomy & Space

The tremendous gravity of the hole at the center of the Milky Way, known as Sagittarius A*, should accelerate and compress the gas, causing it to emit X-rays.

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