Hundreds of One-Dimensional Strands Found Lurking in Our Galaxy’s Core

The existence of these one dimensional filaments has been known for decades but recent research has unveiled new mysteries.

The discovery of a cluster of structures at the center of the Milky Way stunned researchers. These new strands are oriented on different axes than previous discoveries.

From EurkaAlert:

In the early 1980s, Northwestern University’s Farhad Yusef-Zadeh discovered gigantic, one-dimensional filaments dangling vertically near Sagittarius A*, our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole. Now, Yusef-Zadeh and his collaborators have discovered a new population of filaments — but these threads are much shorter and lie horizontally or radially, spreading out like spokes on a wheel from the black hole.

Although the two populations of filaments share several similarities, Yusef-Zadeh assumes they have different origins. While the vertical filaments sweep through the galaxy, towering up to 150 light-years high, the horizontal filaments look more like the dots and dashes of Morse code, punctuating only one side of Sagittarius A*.

Read more on EurkaAlert and get more details from Gizmodo


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