Webb Reveals Rapid-Fire Light Show from Milky Way's Central Black Hole

Short bluesky thread with some animations: https://bsky.app/profile/spacetelescope.bsky.social/post/3li...

The paper:

Yusef-Zadeh et al., Non-stop Variability of Sgr A* using JWST at 2.1 and 4.8 micron Wavelengths: Evidence for Distinct Populations of Faint and Bright Variable Emission <https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.04096>.

Figure 1 therein shows views of our galactic centre in various wavelengths, and is worth the click & scroll even for non-experts.