Wind from Milky Way's supermassive black hole is finally discovered
https://www.reuters.com/science/wind-milky-ways-supermassive-black-hole-is-finally-discovered-2026-06-05/
After five decades of trying, astronomers have finally discovered the wind emanating from the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, though it turns out it is more of a gentle breeze than a hurricane.
Using data from the Chile-based ALMA telescope and NASA's orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory, the researchers viewed the cosmic neighborhood around the black hole - called Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A* for short.
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