Right now, at the center of our galaxy, a massive black hole is pulling objects apart like taffy.
And scientists now have rare views and images of this extreme cosmic event unfolding.
A thick cloud of gas and dust called ‘X7’ is rapidly approaching the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. A black hole has an almost unimaginable gravitational pull because its mass is so concentrated (if the Earth were crushed into a black hole, it would be less than an inch in diameter).Latest observations published in astrophysics journal(opens in new tab)revealing that X7 has been stretched. trillion milesIt is now 3,000 astronomical units long. An astronomical unit is 93 million miles, or the distance between the sun and the earth.
The X7 doesn’t have much time left. The gravity of a black hole is relentless.
