SMRTR Science & EngineeringJun 7, 2026Hacker News

Milky Way black hole's missing wind found after a half-century-long search

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After 50 years of searching, Northwestern University astrophysicists finally detected wind blowing from the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*. Using ALMA radio telescopes, they spotted a massive cone-shaped cavity carved by the wind, confirmed by NASA X-ray data, proving our black hole behaves like others.

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