Tuesday 8 December 2015

Astronomers trace the magnetic field of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy

Artist's impression of the magnetic field present around the event horizon of Sgr A*

A team of astronomers has successfully detected magnetic fields present around the event horizon of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. It is thought that these magnetic fields are the driving factor behind a mechanism that sends intense pulses of galaxy sculpting radiation blasting thousands of light-years into space from the event horizon of a spinning black hole.

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