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An image captured by a new radio telescope shows the dark heart of our own Milky Way – and the mysterious "filaments" around its central supermassive black hole.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The image captured by the telescope MeerKAT in South Africa shows the region around the supermassive black hole which is at least four million times the mass of our sun. "Data-reactid =" 23 "> The image captured by the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa shows the region around the supermassive black hole which is at least four million times the mass of our sun.
The image captures the mysterious magnetized filaments around the black hole – the origin of which remains a mystery after their spotting in the 80s.
Fernando Camilo, chief scientist of the Observatory South African Radioastronomy (SARAO) said: "The center of the galaxy was an obvious target: unique, visually striking and full of unexplained phenomena – but also notoriously difficult to image with the help of radio telescope.
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PLUS: Listeria outbreak: Fresh warnings like frozen Lidl are included in the Urgent Product recall [19659006] The Milky Way Center, at 25,000 years old light from the Earth and behind the constellation Sagittarius, is enveloped by clouds of gas and dust.
This makes it invisible to the Earth using ordinary telescopes. believe that the new image can hold the key to understand the strange "filaments".
Farhad Yusef-Zadeh of Northwestern University said, "This shows so many features never before seen, including compact sources associated with some of the filaments, could provide the key to decipher the code and solve this three-decade enigma. "
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