Astronomers Discovered A Giant Black Hole That Doesn't Swallow All In Space

Astronomers Discovered A Giant Black Hole That Doesn’t Swallow All In Space

Post author:Anatol
Post published:September 2, 2013
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It is believed that black holes in space devour everything. But that belief is about to change. Astronomers have found such a giant black hole in space at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy that doesn’t gulp everything.

The new black hole is called Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A* (pronounced “Sagittarius A-star”). It is is approximately 26,000 light-years away from the Earth. However, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers found that there were super-heated gas swirling around the black hole. At the same time, astronomers discovered that Sagittarius A* is actually quite sloppy when it comes to its culinary habits. In fact, astronomers found that this black hole devours less than 1 percent of the gas within its reach.

Interestingly, it still remains a mystery that why this black hole is different from other black holes. We hope, astromomers will find an exceptable answer very soon.

Source: NASA

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Tags: Black hole, nasa, Sagittarius A*, star

Anatol

Anatol Rahman is the Editor at TheTechJournal. He loves complicated machineries, and crazy about robot and space. He likes cycling. Before joining TheTechJournal team, he worked in the telemarketing industry. You can catch him on Google+.