<p>To answer your question, the black hole in the milky way was never a quasar, and as it currently stands will never become one.</p>

<p>Info about how earth and life on earth could be affected if this ever happened, can be found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pm1WzeTkAg" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>

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2015-01-22T02:18:19.380Z
That was a very good video. It cleared up a lot of misconceptions I had as well. Thanks!
Scott
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2015-01-22T02:10:18.340Z
2015-01-22T02:10:18.340Z
Jake Soleri
<p>My current interest is black holes and quasars. I was wondering how often they erupt--specifically ours? Would it be blindingly bright on Earth? Finally, would there be any effects that would alter our life on Earth that we know of?</p>

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2015-01-21T08:48:27.753Z
At least it was somehow active 2.5 to 4.0 million years ago according to [this talk by Andrew Fox](http://aas.org/media-press/archived-aas-press-conference-webcasts) at the AAS2015, click "The Milky Way & Local Group", watch 15 minutes into it. And that event created the huge Fermi Bubbles. It indicates to me that it happens often and is harmless to us.
LocalFluff
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2015-01-21T13:56:15.077Z
possible duplicate of [Was the Milky Way ever a quasar?](http://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/1651/was-the-milky-way-ever-a-quasar)
David Hammen
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2015-01-22T01:51:08.843Z
@LocalFluff Very cool! What I gathered from that, combined with other information I've picked up, is that there is usually always something being forced out from a black hole pending on how much it is accumulating. That being said, it seems like since it's not a very active black hole that is does not have a quasar.
Scott
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How often does the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way become a quasar?
Scott
# How often does the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way become a quasar?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-21)

My current interest is black holes and quasars. I was wondering how often they erupt--specifically ours? Would it be blindingly bright on Earth? Finally, would there be any effects that would alter our life on Earth that we know of?

**Tags:** supermassive-black-hole, quasars

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: At least it was somehow active 2.5 to 4.0 million years ago according to [this talk by Andrew Fox](http://aas.org/media-press/archived-aas-press-conference-webcasts) at the AAS2015, click "The Milky Way & Local Group", watch 15 minutes into it. And that event created the huge Fermi Bubbles. It indicates to me that it happens often and is harmless to us.  
> **username_2**: possible duplicate of [Was the Milky Way ever a quasar?](http://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/1651/was-the-milky-way-ever-a-quasar)  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Very cool! What I gathered from that, combined with other information I've picked up, is that there is usually always something being forced out from a black hole pending on how much it is accumulating. That being said, it seems like since it's not a very active black hole that is does not have a quasar.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-01-22. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

To answer your question, the black hole in the milky way was never a quasar, and as it currently stands will never become one.

Info about how earth and life on earth could be affected if this ever happened, can be found [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pm1WzeTkAg).

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: That was a very good video. It cleared up a lot of misconceptions I had as well. Thanks!  

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