RIVUXG The center of the Milky Way Galaxy, as seen by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The false colors reveal extremely hot gases that surround black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs. The image covers an area of space approximately 300 by 800 ly across. The supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy is enshrouded by the hot, white gas cloud in the center of the image.