A photo shared online in March 2024 shows the first image in polarized light of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

A new image of galaxy OJ 287 reveals for the first time the sharply curved, ribbon-like structure of the plasma jet emitted from its center. Credit: Dr Efthalia Traianou, Heidelberg University, IWR ...

The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration says the image offers a new look at "the magnetic field around the shadow of the black hole" at the center of the Milky Way.