A group of astronomers announced their discovery of a strong magnetic field that wraps in a spiral pattern around a supermassive black hole. The black hole is located in the region of Sagittarius A* centered in the middle of the Milky Way Galaxy.
The new image is the clearest findings by scientists so far. It is the second image taken of the celestial body after photographing the black hole in the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy, 55 million light-years away, in 2019. Despite the discrepancy in sizes between the two black holes, the new image shows that the structure of the magnetic fields is remarkably similar.