New photo of Sagittarius A

In case you’ve never heard of it, Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way around 26,000 light-years away from Earth. The new image has captured the magnetic field structures spiraling around the black hole for the first time by using the polarization of light. This image was taken by the Event Horizon Telescope, a collaboration that uses radio telescopes around the world to form a combined array the size of Earth, large enough to image a black hole. The image has captured the magnetic field structures spiraling around the black hole, similar to those of another black hole called M87*, suggesting "strong, twisted, and organized" magnetic fields might be a common feature among black holes.

Image Credit: EHT Collaboration