Sgr A*

In case you get lost, you’re 25,800 light years (or so) from the Milky Way’s center. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC/Caltech) & Phil Plait
Don't panic, but we're 2,000 light years closer to the Milky Way's central black hole than we thought
Phil Plait
Nov 30, 2020
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The fastest star in the galaxy has been found, and yeah, it’s really *really* fast
Phil Plait
Aug 17, 2020
A simulation showing the positions and orbits of stars orbiting the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org
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Einstein's hand reaches out from a black hole and torques a star's orbit
Phil Plait
Apr 17, 2020
Artwork depicting (exaggerated) orbital precession of a star orbiting a black hole; every time it approaches the orientation of the orbit shifts. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada
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Does our galaxy's huge black hole have a little black hole buddy?
Phil Plait
Feb 26, 2020
Artwork depicting two black holes orbiting each other. Credit: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/Sonoma State (Aurore Simonnet)
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Astronomers find a star dive-bombing our galaxy's supermassive black hole
Phil Plait
Feb 12, 2020
A simulation showing the positions and orbits of stars orbiting the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org
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Weird dust clouds orbiting our galaxy’s central black hole may be weirder than we thought
Phil Plait
Jan 16, 2020
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
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The day our galaxy exploded
Phil Plait
Oct 10, 2019
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
Phil Plait
Aug 13, 2019
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
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
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
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
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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