Tenth Anniversary of Milky Way Black Hole Discovery

Final proof for the black hole at the heart of our galaxy arrived exactly 10 years ago on Sept. 5, 2001, when NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory detected a powerful burst of energy around 26,000 light-years from Earth.
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This Chandra image shows our Milky Way Galaxy's center. The location of the black hole, known as Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A*, is arrowed. (NASA/CXC/MIT/Frederick K. Baganoff et al)
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