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Milky Way's black hole acts wimpy
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Milky Way's black hole acts wimpy
By USHA LEE MCFARLING Los Angeles Times
Monday, January 13, 2003
Snapping the most detailed images of the center of the Milky Way,
astronomers have captured their first glimpse of the day-to-day life
of the monstrous black hole residing at our galaxy's core. They
reveal a temperamental and somewhat wimpy beast that appears to be
starving.
Black holes -- space and time twisters that personify the extremes
of physics -- are among the ...