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Claire Cameron

Scientists stared into the center of the Milky Way — here’s what they found


At the center of the Milky Way, there is a gigantic monster. Like a spider sitting in the midst of its web, this behemoth devours all that strays too close. This gargantuan creature is Sagitarrius A*, a supermassive black hole. And after years of theorizing about its existence and what it might look like, we finally managed to take a picture of it.

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