<ul><li>NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected cosmic flares around the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.</li><li>The accretion disk of hot gas surrounding the black hole throws off about five or six big flares a day, along with smaller bursts.</li><li>The flares are believed to be caused by turbulence and magnetic reconnection events in the accretion disk.</li><li>Observations at two near-infrared wavelengths revealed a slight time delay in brightness changes, providing insights into the physical processes at work in the disk.</li></ul>

Webb Space Telescope Tracks Fireworks Around Our Galaxy’s Black Hole

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