Mysterious Filaments Discovered in Milky Way's Core.

Astrophysicists have discovered a new group of horizontal filaments radiating from the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, which could provide more insights into the black hole’s spin and accretion disk orientation. The filaments, each measuring 5 to 10 light-years in length, likely originated a few million years ago when outflow from the black hole interacted with surrounding materials. The discovery builds on four decades of research and was made possible by enhanced radio astronomy technology, particularly the MeerKAT telescope.