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Massive binary star system may be feeding the Milky Way’s central black hole

A string of small gas clouds near the Milky Way’s central black hole has puzzled astronomers for years.…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/629241/

On the Deepest Search for #GalacticCenter Pulsars and an Examination of an Intriguing #MillisecondPulsar Candidate: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae336c -> Discovery of a Possible #Pulsar in the Milky Way’s Center: https://news.columbia.edu/news/researchers-announce-discovery-possible-pulsar-milky-ways-center - confirming a pulsar star would enable unprecedented tests of General Relativity. Such a discovery would revolutionize physics.

ALMA Discovers “Space Tornadoes” Around the Milky Way’s Core!

Although the galaxy’s central molecular zone (CMZ) has long been known to be filled with swirling dust and gas molecules cycling through formation and destruction, the mechanism that drives this process has remained elusive. Molecules serve as tracers for various processes in molecular clouds, with silicon monoxide (SiO) particularly useful in detecting the presence of shock waves.

Using ALMA’s high resolution and sensitivity to map distinct spectral lines within the molecular clouds at the center of the Milky Way, the team led by Kai Yang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) has delineated a new type of long, narrow filamentary structure at a significantly finer scale. The dynamic interaction between this turbulent environment and the slim filaments produced as shocks ripple through provides a more complete view of the cyclical processes within the CMZ.

Yang’s team reports it remains unknown how these slim filaments initially arise, but shock processes emerge as a likely explanation.

More info at https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/press-releases/alma-discovers-space-tornadoes-around-the-milky-ways-core/

#ALMA #AtacamaLargeMillimeterSubmillimeterArray #AtacamaLargeMillimeterArray #MilkyWay #CMZ #CentralMolecularZone #SgrA* #GalacticCenter

An independent hybrid imaging of Sgr A* from the data in EHT 2017 observations: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stae1158/7660988?login=false -> The Supermassive #BlackHole at the #GalacticCenter — #EHT Observational Data re-analysed and High-velocity rotating Accretion Disk found? http://jasmine.nao.ac.jp/2024_2/EN/press_release_20241025_en.html -> Re-analysis of Data from Milky Way Central Supermassive Black Hole Observations: https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/news/science/2024/20241025-sgra.html

🤗🥳We are very happy to announce that Frank Eisenhauer starts as a new Director at #MPE! With #SINFONI, #GRAVITY & #GRAVITY+, Eisenhauer is building first-class instruments which led to outstanding results in #BlackHole, #GalacticCenter, #Exoplanet & #GalaxyFormation science!
➡https://www.mpe.mpg.de/7948075/news20230515