However, questions remain about the chaotic environment near the heart of the abyssal object.
The findings were presented today at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in National Harbor, Maryland.
This new observation in mid-IR fills in that gap.
An artist’s concept of the supermassive black hole’s mid-infrared flare.Image: CfA/Mel Weiss
Mid-infrared light has longer wavelengths than visible light but shorter wavelengths than radio waves.
The detection and the teams model offer more clarityand complexityto the portrait of our galaxys central black hole.
It may take more observations to verify whether cooling, high-energy electrons are indeed responsible for the flares.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
As for the Moon, not so much.
