Post #372

Did you know that the black hole at the heart of our Milky Way Galaxy has a leak? This supermassive black hole, with a mass of 4.1 million Suns, looks like it still has the remnants of a blowtorch-like jet dating back several thousand years. While Hubble hasn't photographed the jet, it has helped find evidence that it is still pushing feebly into a huge hydrogen cloud and then splattering, like the narrow stream from a hose aimed into a pile of sand. Image credits: NASA, ESA, and Gerald Cecil (UNC-Chapel Hill); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)