Astronomers “Stunned” by Discovery of Mysterious Filaments in Milky Way’s Center — Hundreds of horizontal filam |
, which appeared in pairs and clusters, often stacked equally spaced or side by side like strings on a harp.
“The new MeerKAT observations have been a game changer,” he said. “The advancement of technology and dedicated observing time have given us new information. It’s really a technical achievement from radio astronomers.”After studying the vertical filaments for decades, Yusef-Zadeh was shocked to uncover their horizontal counterparts, which he estimates are about 6 million years old. “We have always been thinking about vertical filaments and their origin,” he said. “I’m used to them being vertical.
A schematic diagram of the outflow from Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole. Credit: Farhad Yusef-Zadeh/Northwestern University “One of the most important implications of radial outflow that we have detected is the orientation of the accretion disk and the jet-driven outflow from Sagittarius A* along the galactic plane,” Yusef-Zadeh said.The new discovery is filled with unknowns, and Yusef-Zadeh’s work to unravel its mysteries has just begun. For now, he can only consider a plausible explanation of the new population’s mechanisms and origins.
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