by Mesmerizing new images of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way reveal a first look at the matter-gobbling behemoth's magnetic field.
The stunning snaps suggest that the cosmic void, named Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), may be harboring hidden jets that are shooting superheated matter into our galaxy.
The new images were captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an array of radio observatories around the globe that act as a single telescope, which captured the first-ever direct photo of Sgr A* back in 2022.
Matter swirling around a black hole's event horizon — the point beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape the black hole's gravitational pull — emits a lot of polarized light, making it stand out in the new photos.
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The stunning snaps suggest that the cosmic void, named Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), may be harboring hidden jets that are shooting superheated matter into our galaxy.
The new images were captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an array of radio observatories around the globe that act as a single telescope, which captured the first-ever direct photo of Sgr A* back in 2022.
Matter swirling around a black hole's event horizon — the point beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape the black hole's gravitational pull — emits a lot of polarized light, making it stand out in the new photos.
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