Last week, the Event Horizon Telescope revealed a yellow donut-shaped image of Sagittarius A*, Milky Way's supermassive black hole, surrounded by swirling lines due to magnetism.
Last week, the Event Horizon Telescope unveiled an image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole in our Milky Way galaxy. The black hole's image features a yellow donut shape of gas and dust circling it, which will eventually fall in. Swirling lines, similar to polarized light, surround the black hole due to its strong magnetism. Contrary to popular belief, black holes are not holes but physical objects, with many parts to understand their anatomy. The singularity, or the central point, is not the only aspect of black holes.
April 06, 2024
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