Astronomers detect wind from Milky Way black hole (opens in new tab)

Astronomers reported evidence of a wind blowing from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, after searching for such an outflow for more than 50 years. The finding is based on observations of a cone-shaped path away from Sagittarius A* and a cavity in surrounding gas, which researchers interpret as material pushed aside or heated by a hot wind. Researchers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array in Chile to map cold carbon monoxide gas and co...