astronomy, magnetized filaments, supermassive black holes, the center of the milky way

Giant Balloon-Like Structures Discovered at Center of Milky Way

A gigantic, balloon-like structure has been hiding in plain sight, right in the center of our own galaxy. An international team of astronomers, including Northwestern’s Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, discovered the structure, which is one of the largest ever observed in the center of the Milky Way. The newly spotted pair of radio-emitting bubbles reach hundreds of ...

Troy Oakes

A giant balloon-like structure in the Milky Way.