Comets Meteors and Asteroids

Milky Way's enormous black hole gorges on asteroids (+video)

9 Feb 2012

British astrophysicists think that asteroids are being devoured by the supernassive black hole at our galaxy's center, as evidenced by the daily X-ray flares detected by NASA's Chandra space telescope. Historical records indicate tha black hole may have even swallowed a planet.

Our Galaxy's Giant Black Hole May Munch on Asteroids

9 Feb 2012

The gigantic black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy may be devouring asteroids on a daily basis, a new study suggests.

Galactic Black Hole Eats Asteroids For Breakfast – Really

8 Feb 2012

X-Ray flares recorded by the Chandra Observatory suggest asteroids and comets are being violently torn apart by the super-massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.