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by Conasg 761 days ago
Those lobes have been detected in our galaxy, yes. There’s a page from 2012 by NASA talking about it: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10918

As I understand it, recent research suggests the last time our SMBH consumed enough matter to erupt was millions of years ago, so the lobes have cooled down and are difficult to detect.

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No, the Fermi lobes are not what is meant when talking about jetted AGNs, though they are plausibly the remnants of past episodes where Sgr A* did have jets.