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  "id": 16610628,
  "title": "Milky Way’s Central Black Hole is Surrounded by Metal-Rich Gas, Webb Reveals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/milky-ways-central-black-hole-is-surrounded-by-metal-rich-gas-webb",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-26T13:54:07.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.sci.news/astronomy/milky-ways-central-black-hole-metal-rich-gas-15151.html"
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  "summary": "The enrichment in metals (any element heavier than hydrogen and helium, including carbon, oxygen, iron and gold) likely came from generations of exploding stars, according to new observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. The post Milky Way’s Central Black Hole is Surrounded by Metal-Rich Gas, Webb Reveals appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .",
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      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "James Webb telescope discovers surprising trove of metals around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/james-webb-telescope-discovers-surprising-trove-of-metals-around-the",
        "published": "2026-10-21T21:33:50.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "James Webb telescope discovers surprising trove of metals around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/james-webb-telescope-discovers-surprising-trove-of-metals-around-the",
        "published": "2026-10-22T11:01:07.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Wired",
        "title": "Inside the Supermassive Debate Over the James Webb Telescope’s ‘Little Red Dots’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/inside-the-supermassive-debate-over-the-james-webb-telescopes-little",
        "published": "2026-10-24T09:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Colombia One",
        "title": "Webb Telescope Finds Metal-Rich Gas Near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/webb-telescope-finds-metal-rich-gas-near-milky-ways-central-black-hole",
        "published": "2026-10-26T17:01:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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