An image released by Nasa shows the center of the Milky Way full of energy going through a process described as “violent” by one of the researchers. The photo was created over decades of studies to determine the energy flow that occurs in the galaxy.
The research published in the magazine Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society shows a panorama with photos from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa. “The galaxy is like an ecosystem. We know that the centers of galaxies are where the action is and play a huge role in their evolution,” explained astronomer Daniel Wang of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Events in the Milky Way
According to the researchers, one of the highlights of the photo is an X-ray wire known as G0.17-0.41, which may be responsible for the flow of energy in the Milky Way and answer questions about the evolution of the universe. “This is evidence of an ongoing magnetic field reconnection event,” Wang also said. “It’s a violent process,” he added. “Such reconnection events are likely to be common when flux tubes of antiparallel magnetic fields collide and/or twist,” the article describes.
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This type of event in the Milky Way happens when opposing magnetic fields need to come together and combine. The explosion of this junction generates a great surge of energy. The consequences of this phenomenon are still being investigated. Researchers believe the discovery is just the “tip of the iceberg” to understand these events that are compared to solar flares in our galaxy.
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