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Chandra space telescope is at it again. Story at CNN [cnn.com]

[Caption]Threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields are weaving a tapestry of energy at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. [See article for pic.]

(CNN)NASA has released an image detailing the never-before-seen "violent energy" at the center of our galaxy, created after two decades of research.
The stunning panorama was compiled using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa.
Images also documented an X-ray thread known as G0.17-0.41 that researchers say suggests a mechanism that could control the energy flow, and even the evolution of the Milky Way.

"The galaxy is like an ecosystem," University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomer Daniel Wang explained in a statement. "We know the centers of galaxies are where the action is and play an enormous role in their evolution."

Our own galaxy is hard to study as it is obscured by a fog of gas and dust. But researchers were able to penetrate the fog using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, which sees X-rays instead of visible light.
The research, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, gives the clearest picture to date of a pair of X-ray emitting plumes coming from the area near the black hole at the center of the galaxy.
Researchers were especially interested in the X-ray thread G0.17-0.41, which, according to Wang, "reveals a new phenomenon."

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