NuSTAR reveals flare from Milky Way's black hole These data will
help scientists better understand why our black hole sometimes
flares up for a period of time. October 24, 2012 NASA’s newest
set of X-ray eyes in the sky, the Nuclear Spectroscopic
Telescope Array (NuSTAR), has caught its first look at the giant
black hole parked at the center of our galaxy. The observations
show the typically mild-mannered black hole during the middle of
a flare-up. NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
(NuSTAR) has captured these first focused views of the
supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy in high-
energy X-ray light. // Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech “We got lucky to
have captured an outburst from the black hole during our
observing campaign,” said Fiona Harrison from the California
Institute of Technology in Pasadena. “These data will help us
better understand the gentle giant at the heart of our galaxy
and why it sometimes flares up for a few hours and then returns
to slumber.” NuSTAR, launched June 13, is