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    Giant X-ray ‘Chimneys’ are Exhaust Vents for Vast Energies produced at Milky Way’s center

    March 21, 2019, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Galactic chimneys (yellow-orange areas) are centered on the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. (This is a false-color image; white patches indicate spots where unrelated, bright X-ray sources have been removed from the image.)
    Credit: Gabriele Ponti/MPE/INAF and Mark Morris/UCLA

    Close look at what might be happening in other, more energetic galaxies. The center of our galaxy is a frenzy of activity. A behemoth black hole – 4 million times as massive as the sun – blasts out energy as it chows down on interstellar detritus while neighboring stars burst to life and subsequently explode.

    Now, an international team of astronomers has discovered two exhaust channels – dubbed “galactic center chimneys” – that appear to funnel matter and energy away from the cosmic firewo...

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