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Two Gamma-Ray Bubbles 65,000 Light Years Across Spewing from the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole

June 5th, 2010 admin


Mg20627633.900-1_300 A pair of massive gamma ray bubbles appear to be spewing from the black holeat the center of othe Milky Way according to the latest maps from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. 

The source of the hour-glassed-shaped bubbles is a mystery, but a new analysis of the Fermi data suggests that the gamma radiation traces out a pair of distinct bubbles that span some 65,000 light years from end to end - soaring above the disc of the galaxy.

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