The Milky Way’s Monster Black Hole May Be Sacrificing Its Own Energy To Power Cosmic Rays

The Milky Way’s central black hole could lose mass by powering escaping particles, and new calculations suggest how astronomers might detect the process. The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way may be accelerating particles to energies far beyond anything achievable in Earth’s most powerful particle accelerators. A new theoretical study suggests [...]