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Milky Way black hole has 'strong, twisted' magnetic field in mesmerizing new image
The polarized light image gives us a "new view of the monster lurking at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy," according to the European Southern Observatory.
But they dramatically affect their surrounding space, most obviously by creating an accretion disk — the swirl of gas and material that orbits a dark central region. EHT Collaboration On a practical level, the black holes do have one stark difference: While M87* has a knack for holding steady, our Sgr A* "is changing so fast that it doesn't sit still for pictures," the researchers said in their announcement. At the time the Sgr A* observations were captured, the EHT collaboration was using eight telescopes around the world, linking them together to create a planet-sized, albeit virtual, instrument.
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