Milky Way black hole’s magnetic field mapped for first time (IMAGE)

University of Waterloo

Milky Way black hole’s magnetic field mapped for first time

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Side-by-side comparison of the magnetic fields around the black hole at the centre of the M87 galaxy (left) and the Sgr A* black hole at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way. 

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The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration

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