This Stuff Is Circling the Drain of Our Galaxy's Monster Black Hole (Videos)

[Judi Lynn]

By Samantha Mathewson, Space.com Contributor | November 2, 2018 07:00am ET

Scientists think a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A* lurks at the center of the Milky Way. Recent observations of this area show that clumps of gas orbit at about 30 percent of the speed of light on a circular path just outside the black hole's event horizon, according to a statement from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

Using the GRAVITY instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers detected flares of infrared radiation coming from the accretion disc surrounding Sagittarius A*. Their findings not only confirm the presence of the supermassive black hole but also suggest that material is orbiting incredibly close to the black hole's event horizon. What's more, the recent observations offer the most detailed view yet of material orbiting so close to a black hole, according to the statement. [The Strangest Black Holes of the Universe]

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New observations show gas swirling around the Milky Way's black hole at about 30 percent of the speed of light on a circular orbit.
Credit: L. Calçada/ESO/Gravity Consortium

"It's mind-boggling to actually witness material orbiting a massive black hole at 30 percent of the speed of light," Oliver Pfuhl, one of the study researchers and a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, said in the statement. "GRAVITY's tremendous sensitivity has allowed us to observe the accretion processes in real time in unprecedented detail."

Monster black holes lurk at the centers of most galaxies in the universe. Gravitational forces from these cosmic behemoths draw in surrounding gas and dust. Most matter in the accretion disc surrounding the Milky Way's black hole orbits at a safe distance. However, anything that gets too close risks being drawn past the event horizon, where it can never escape from the black hole's gravitational pul. The flares originate from material in the innermost stable orbit according to the statement — the closest matter can get before passing the point of no return.

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[WhiteTara]

1. Which shows that everything changes

but essence exists dancing even at the edge of black holes at the center of the universe. I think it's also been called Hawking's Radiation.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. What do they mean they cant find dark matter it's the stuff that make up black holes

Those are dark matter stars