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Robert Lea

Astronomers discover 1st binary stars orbiting supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way

The location of D9 the first binary stars ever seen around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.

Astronomers have discovered the first binary stars orbiting a supermassive black hole. The stellar pairing in question orbits the cosmic titan at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*.

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