The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
New evidence has been uncovered for the presence of a faint jet of high-energy particles blasting out of the Milky Way’s relatively quiet supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). This image of Sgr A* and the region around it contains some of the data used in the study, with X-rays from Chandra (purple) and radio emission from the Very Large Array (blue). Jets of high-energy particles are found throughout the Universe on large and small scales. The likely discovery of a jet from Sgr A* helps astronomers learn more about the giant black hole, including how it is spinning.
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z.Li et al; Radio: NRAO/VLA
| Technical Details | |
|---|---|
| Telescope | Chandra; VLA |
| Band | X-ray; K-band |
| Center | RA: 17:45:40.04, Dec: -29:00:27.3 |
| Field of View | 1.2 x 1.2 arcminutes |
