The study takes into account images from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory and radio emission data from the MeerKAT telescope.
There is a chimney at the center of our galaxy. Astronomers knew about it, but this is the first time they discovered its exhaust vent.
In a new study, a team of researchers claims that Sgr A* has caused the formation of a chimney and an exhaust vent at the center of the Milky Way. X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Chicago/S.C. Mackey et al.; Radio: NRF/SARAO/MeerKAT; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk “The left side of the exhaust vent is likely particularly bright in X-rays because the gas flowing upwards is striking the tunnel wall at a more direct angle and with more force than other regions,” NASASimilar to the chimney in your kitchen, the chimney formed by Sgr A* also has a tunnel-like structure with walls that carry the hot gas to the vent.
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