Astronomers Spot a Possible Supernova Remnant Near the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole

June 27, 2026 Universe Today

Astronomers Spot a Possible Supernova Remnant Near the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/uocbI9v)

Sagittarius C, location of supernova remnant circled. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z. Zhu et al.; ESA/XMM-Newton; Optical: PanSTARRS; Radio: MeerKAT; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and P. Edmonds

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton may have found a supernova remnant near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. If confirmed as a supernova remnant, the ejected material is moving at about two million miles per hour and is about 1,700 years old.

June 28, 2026 at 03:28AM
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