Sagittarius A* keeps flashing randomly on a daily basis. Astronomers mapped 15 years of radiation bursts to try to figure out why. engineering
, keeps releasing random bursts of radiation on a daily basis and no one can figure out what is causing it. Now, an international team of researchers compiled 15 years of data to try and solve the mystery.s, mapped a decade and a half's worth of gamma-ray bursts from Sagittarius A* using NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
There could be any number of reasons for the irregularity in the bursts, including gaseous clouds or stars passing between us and A* that isThe research team hopes that data in the next few years can help narrow down the list of astronomical suspects and even reveal the ultimate cause of these mysterious bursts.
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