{"id":12182,"date":"2024-03-28T13:12:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/28\/a-new-image-reveals-magnetic-fields-around-our-galaxys-central-black-hole\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T13:12:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:12:58","slug":"a-new-image-reveals-magnetic-fields-around-our-galaxys-central-black-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/28\/a-new-image-reveals-magnetic-fields-around-our-galaxys-central-black-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"A new image reveals magnetic fields around our galaxy\u2019s central black hole"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Astronomers have gotten their best view yet of the magnetic fields around the gargantuan black hole at the center of the Milky Way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new image reveals that the behemoth, named Sagittarius A*, is encircled by highly-ordered magnetic structures, researchers report<\/a> in two papers<\/a> published March 27 in the Astrophysical Journal Letters<\/em>. The features are similar to ones previously seen<\/a> surrounding the galaxy M87\u2019s supermassive black hole (SN: 3\/24\/21<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the Event Horizon Telescope, a global collection of radio telescopes working in tandem<\/a>, scientists captured polarized light coming from around Sagittarius A*, which lies about 27,000 light-years from Earth (SN: 4\/10\/19<\/em>). Polarized light has waves that wiggle in the same direction, such as up and down or left and right. Mapping such light often gives astronomers insights into underlying magnetic phenomena.<\/p>\n\n\n