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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Scientists May Get Best View Yet Of A Black Hole In Action

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseuSNTFxMKDCVgXHr8JYG-F-iCjOGY0luLKYK8h_H01XcWs2mpFHxARm0S9Qyo376129SGZQRy9LEGYsnMYHUF9cZsHozFVX5bJQiSIzYp2fT9eaqPHEcIPvhdydSBPOeIKcoRUkE3wVNaBZC/s1600/blahoact.jpgBy observing this galactic snack fest, astronomers should be able to figure out what's going on in the black hole's immediate vicinity and potentially even witness some gas disappear into the massive objects maw. What they see may help scientists solve a decades-old puzzle about why our galaxy's central black hole is so quiet.

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