{"id":58968,"date":"2024-05-13T11:43:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T11:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfa6b70c-56a5-4500-bb2d-3dc4d38866ee"},"modified":"2024-05-13T12:08:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T12:08:24","slug":"beautiful-x-ray-image-shows-vent-channelling-material-away-from-the-supermassive-black-hole-at-the-centre-of-our-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/beautiful-x-ray-image-shows-vent-channelling-material-away-from-the-supermassive-black-hole-at-the-centre-of-our-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful x-ray image shows vent channelling material away from the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staggeringly beautiful image reveals the chaos at the centre of our Galaxy. <\/p>

By Iain Todd\n <\/p>

Published: Monday, 13 May 2024 at 11:43 AM<\/p>

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Spectacular images captured by a duo of telescopes show how hot gas is being funnelled away from the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.<\/p>

Astronomers describe an “exhaust vent” thats channeling this hot gas, connected to a chimney-like structure perpendicular to the plane of our galactic home, the Milky Way.<\/p>

The images and data show how the supermassive black hole<\/a> at the galactic centre, known as Sagittarius A*, is both swallowing cosmic material and blasting it outwards into space.<\/p>