The supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* is seen at left, in polarized light. The center inset image shows polarized emission from the Milky Way's center, captured by SOFIA.

The photo showed the first image in polarized light of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. However, it was not the first-ever image of the astronomical object. That ...

The supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* is seen at left, in polarized light. The center inset image shows polarized emission from the Milky Way's center, captured by SOFIA.

Swirling golden gas and dust shows polarized magnetic fields around the supermassive black hole at the heart of M87, as seen in a composite image obtained by the Event Horizon Telescope in 2021.

The first was of M87*, a supermassive black hole that blasts out a massive jet from galaxy Messier 87 and which starred in EHT’s first-ever image of a black hole. Now with polarized images for ...

The black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*. Credit: Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration At the heart of our Milky Way galaxy lies a giant. "What we’re seeing now is that ...

Handout: At left, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is seen in polarized light, the visible lines indicating the orientation of polarization, which ...

The new view of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* that was provided by the Event Horizon ... and a similar one around another supermassive black hole, M87*, seen through polarized ...

The imagery shows a fiery swirl around Sagittarius A*, and a similar one around another supermassive black hole, M87*, seen through polarized light, ...

The imagery shows a fiery swirl around Sagittarius A*, and a similar one around another supermassive black hole, M87*, seen through polarized light, ...

Black holes — how do they work? New images of the magnetic field of the black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, may help us understand them a little better.