Ad Terras Per Aspera

An outburst of energy emanated from the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy just 350 years ago Earth-time, astronomers announced Wednesday. Though the eruption was seen only indirectly, a similar one could occur in the future and would be detectable by space-orbiting telescopes. The finding confirms suspicions that the relatively calm black hole is not always quiescent.

We should be lucky such an event isn’t pointed at us. Being in the direct path of the mass/energy streaming out of black hole means instant and total destruction. Though, thankfully, we aren’t close enough for this to happen.