Galactic Center
Date
Streamlines showing magnetic fields layered over a color image of the dusty ring around the Milky Way’s massive black hole. The Y-shaped structure is warm material falling toward the black hole, which is located near where the two arms of the Y-intersect. The streamlines reveal that the magnetic field closely follows the shape of the dusty structure. Each of the blue arms has its own field that is totally distinct from the rest of the ring, shown in pink.
Credit
Galactic Center dust and magnetic fields: NASA/SOFIA, star field image: NASA/Hubble Space Telescope
Image Number
SCI2019_0011
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Galactic Center
Instrument
HAWC+
Location
United States
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