Sgr A*

Artwork depicting dust clouds with stars embedded in them orbiting Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. Credit: Jack Ciurlo
Weird dust clouds orbiting our galaxy’s central black hole may be weirder than we thought
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The day our galaxy exploded
Phil Plait
Oct 10, 2019
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Artwork showing the outburst from the center of the Milky Way and the Magellanic Stream of gas coming out of satellite galaxies. Credit: James Josephides/ASTRO 3D
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The supermassive black hole in our galaxy recently erupted… and we don't know why
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Aug 13, 2019
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artwork of a black hole accretion disk
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See the Milky Way from its center with NASA’s 4K 360-degree VR simulation
Elizabeth Rayne
Mar 27, 2019
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NASA Milky Way VR experience
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Astronomers see material orbiting a black hole *right* at the edge of forever
Phil Plait
Nov 8, 2018
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A computer simulation shows the light emitted from dust swirling at 30% the speed of light around a black hole. Incredibly strong gravity affects the path the light takes, creating the warped structure. Credit: ESO/Gravity Consortium/L. Calçada
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A star's plunge toward a huge black hole shows — again! — that Einstein was pretty smart
Phil Plait
Jul 30, 2018
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Diagram depicting the passage of the star S2 near Sgr A*, the black hole in the center of the Milky Way. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
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A star is about to plunge head first toward a monster black hole. Astronomers are ready to watch.
Phil Plait
Mar 7, 2018
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Artwork depicting three stars and their orbits around Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. Credit: ESO/M. Parsa/L. Calçada
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