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

The hunt is over. After more than 50 years of searching, astrophysicists at Northwestern University have finally discovered evidence of a powerful wind blowing from the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*).

Milky Way black hole's missing wind finally found after a half-century-long search
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The hunt is over. After more than 50 years of searching, astrophysicists at Northwestern University have finally discovered evidence of a powerful wind blowing from the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*).

Originally published at Phys.org

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