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Thread: Beyond Any Reasonable Doubt: A Supermassive Black Hole Lives in Centre of Our Galaxy

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    Beyond Any Reasonable Doubt: A Supermassive Black Hole Lives in Centre of Our Galaxy

    One the one hand, this might not be surprising news, but on the other, the implications are startling. A supermassive black hole (called Sagittarius A*) lives at the centre of the Milky Way. This is the conclusion of a 16 year observation campaign of a region right in the centre of our galaxy where 28 [...]

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    There is a giant black hole at the centre of our galaxy, a study has confirmed.

    German astronomers tracked the movement of 28 stars circling the centre of the Milky Way, using two telescopes in Chile.

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