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Message 1531918 - Posted: 25 Jun 2014, 17:34:23 UTC

The most up to date news I could find was early in April. At that time they were on an any day now watch. I guess this means it was a non-event.
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Message 1532469 - Posted: 26 Jun 2014, 17:55:24 UTC - in response to Message 1531918.  

Here is an update:

Call it a severe case of gas--on a cosmic scale.

Data from multiple space observatories show that gas is spewing at very high speed from the supermassive black hole at the heart of a galaxy some 245 million light-years from Earth.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/supermassive-black-hole-galaxy-gas_n_5528026.html
Huge Black Hole At Galaxy's Heart Has A Severe Case Of Gas
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Message 1532498 - Posted: 26 Jun 2014, 19:02:44 UTC

Different gas cloud. It's in a galaxy 245 million light years away. But it was interesting reading.
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Message 1532657 - Posted: 27 Jun 2014, 6:20:39 UTC - in response to Message 1532498.  

Different gas cloud. It's in a galaxy 245 million light years away. But it was interesting reading.


Glad you enjoyed the article :)

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