Published inViewing the lights of “downtown milky way” reveals a previously-unknown source of X-ray radiation near the center of our galaxy.loaked in an enveloping haze of gas and dust, the center of the Milky Way remains an elusive target for astronomers. Hidden near the center of our family of stars, a supermassive black hole sits, pulling gas and dust near the tenebrous void.Exploring the wonders of the Cosmos, one mystery at a timeininWriting about space since I was 10, still not Carl Sagan. Weekly video show, podcast, comics, more:…Published inViewing the lights of “downtown milky way” reveals a previously-unknown source of X-ray radiation near the center of our galaxy.loaked in an enveloping haze of gas and dust, the center of the Milky Way remains an elusive target for astronomers. Hidden near the center of our family of stars, a supermassive black hole sits, pulling gas and dust near the tenebrous void.Exploring the wonders of the Cosmos, one mystery at a timeininWriting about space since I was 10, still not Carl Sagan. Weekly video show, podcast, comics, more:WW…