New!! Observations of our Event Horizon Telescope (#EHT) collaboration have uncovered strong & organized magnetic fields spiraling around the edge of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Images in polarized light of the #blackhole in the Milky Way center reveal structures similar to those in M87*, suggesting that strong magnetic fields may be common to all black holes. This also hints toward a hidden jet in Sgr A*!
#astronomy #astrodon #scicomm #physics
BTW, 30 years ago, I proposed a model for the black hole in the center of the Milky Way saying that the radio mission can be explained by a hidden jet. This predicted the existence of radio light at the edge of the black hole and led to the prediction of a black hole shadow, that was observed two years ago by the EHT. The idea of a hidden jet remained controversial. It is exciting to see the tantalizing evidence coming from the #EHT polarization images, which supports the hypothesis. #astrodon
@hfalcke I would like to know more about why you believed black holes existed in the universe before they were observed, as well as the actual properties of the rings of different types of black holes.
@hfalcke While reading your new book, I am curious about the process you used to think.