NASA Spots giant X-ray burst from black hole at center of galaxy

[Takket]

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/january/nasa-s-chandra-detects-record-breaking-outburst-from-milky-way-s-black-hole/#.VKsPBivF-Ah

[Dawson Leery]

1. kick

[840high]

2. ....

[Hoppy]

3. I thought the idea was that nothing could come out of a black hole.

[Shivering Jemmy]

5. Hawking blew that idea up long ago

Although its a bit more complicated than that.


And this is a burst from the accretion disk around the hole I'd guess.

[Takket]

7. correct

The blast comes from the "vicinity" of the black hole, not the black hole interior.

[eppur_se_muova]

6. X-rays come from superheated plasma as it's falling in ...

after that, only a faint "glow" of particles and antiparticles created immediately outside the event horizon.

[Voice for Peace]

4. uh oh galaxy rebooting