Fast radio bursts shine in the sky above Earth. | Credit: NRAO Outreach/T. Jarrett (IPAC/Caltech); B. Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are intense, short-lived bursts of radio waves from beyond the Milky Way and can emit in a thousandth of a second the same energy that it takes the sun three days to emit.… Read More »
Event Horizon Telescope Allegation: A photo shared online in March 2024 shows the first image in polarized light of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Evaluation: Rating: True Context: The photo showed the first image in polarized light of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.… Read More »
Astronomers have captured the first image of magnetic fields and polarized light surrounding Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the heart of Milly Way. Historic observation with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has revealed that regular magnetic fields bear similarities to the fields surrounding the supermassive black hole at the heart of… Read More »