Fact Check: Photo Purportedly Is 1st Image of Supermassive Black Hole at Center of Our Galaxy in Polarized Light. Here's the Science
The photo showed streams of magnetic fields swirling around a dark center.
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The photo showed streams of magnetic fields swirling around a dark center.
Scientists have captured the first ever image of the magnetic field surrounding the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole.
<p>A new series of observations by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration measuring the degree of polarization in the emitted light shows that the black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) in the center of our Milky Way is surrounded by strong, spiral-shaped magnetic fields. Such a magnetic structure is likely produced by the magnetized plasma that is falling onto Sgr A* and is similar to that of M87*, the black hole at the center of the galaxy M87. This important result suggests that all black holes may have strong magnetic fields and that Sgr A*, like M87*, may emit a particle jet th...