Like most massive galaxies, the Milky Way hosts a supermassive black hole at its centre. In contrast with active galaxies, the luminosity of its radiative counterpart — the source Sagittarius A* — is almost nine orders of magnitude below the Eddington limit. However, there are several indications that the black hole may have been more active in the past. In particular, the giant clouds located within the central molecular zone reflect X-rays emitted during the most recent outbursts. The study we present here focuses on these light echoes that are key to probing the past activity of the Galactic nucleus over the past thousand years. Using the X-ray observatories Chandra and XMM-Newton, we confirm the reflection origin of the non-thermal, dif...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...
Very high energy gamma-ray astronomy (E > 30 GeV), that allows to probe non-thermal processes in the...
The development of multi-wavelength observations of active galactic nuclei nowadays allows to reac...
Very high energy gamma-ray astronomy (E > 30 GeV), that allows to probe non-thermal processes in the...
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched on 2008 June 11, carrying the Large Area Telescope(...
The development of multi-wavelength observations of active galactic nuclei nowadays allows to reac...
This work takes place in the context of the study of hyperspectral deep fields produced by the Europ...
The french-chinese mission SVOM (Space-based multi-band variable Astronomical Object Monitor), is de...
The Cosmic Infrared Background is the contribution of all infrared galaxies integrated on the histor...
Nearly one century after their discovery, cosmic rays are still subject to many questions. In partic...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...
The Galactic Center hosts a supermassive black hole called Sgr A*. Thanks to the GRAVITY instrument,...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...
Very high energy gamma-ray astronomy (E > 30 GeV), that allows to probe non-thermal processes in the...
The development of multi-wavelength observations of active galactic nuclei nowadays allows to reac...
Very high energy gamma-ray astronomy (E > 30 GeV), that allows to probe non-thermal processes in the...
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched on 2008 June 11, carrying the Large Area Telescope(...
The development of multi-wavelength observations of active galactic nuclei nowadays allows to reac...
This work takes place in the context of the study of hyperspectral deep fields produced by the Europ...
The french-chinese mission SVOM (Space-based multi-band variable Astronomical Object Monitor), is de...
The Cosmic Infrared Background is the contribution of all infrared galaxies integrated on the histor...
Nearly one century after their discovery, cosmic rays are still subject to many questions. In partic...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...
The Galactic Center hosts a supermassive black hole called Sgr A*. Thanks to the GRAVITY instrument,...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...
Sagittarius A⋆ is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic center. Due to its proximity, this spe...