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Turbulence in the Milky Way's ISM Distorts Light from Distant Quasars

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May 15, 2026 • 51 views
Original source: Universe Today

We may be getting better images of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole in the future. Astronomers used 10 years of observations of a distant blazar to detect turbulence in the Milky Way's interstellar medium. This turbulence makes images of Sagittarius A-star blurry.

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