TextSpace tornadoes, which emit strong radio waves, were discovered in 1960, and became the focus of attention for their strange spiral shape. Scientists suggested that they were remains of exploding supernovae or revolving neutron stars. The Japanese researchers analyzed data on a space tornado from the Suzaku X-ray astronomy satellite, which is equipped with highly sensitive measuring equipment, and found that there were collections of plasma at each end of the tornado. The groups of plasma, which were of similar size and shape, had a temperature of about 10 million degrees Celsius. The researchers then used a radio telescope at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Nobeyama Radio Observatory in Nagano Prefecture to discover that molecular clouds existed at the same spots alongside these twin collections of plasma. The researchers accordingly projected that there was a rotating black hole at the center of the tornado, and that a jet of high-energy particles emitted from each end created the spiral shape. Read More