Astronomical breakthrough
So we won’t be sucked into oblivion just yet, but here’s the black hole in our midst
In a huge breakthrough, scientists have photographed the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way
12 May 2022 - 20:24
Astronomers revealed on Thursday that, for the first time, they had captured an image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way...
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