Astronomers Spot Magnetic Filaments in Accretion Disk around Messier 77’s Central Black Hole

Dec 11, 2024 - 06:00
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Astronomers Spot Magnetic Filaments in Accretion Disk around Messier 77’s Central Black Hole
An artist’s concept of Messier 77, featuring its powerful black hole and accretion disk, and never before seen polarization in water masers outside of our Milky Way Galaxy. Image credit: NSF / AUI / NRAO / S. Dagnello.

Messier 77 is a well-known, relatively nearby, bright spiral galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its center.

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