Star spotted speeding near black hole at centre of Milky Way

Chile ’s Very Large Telescope tracks S2 star as it reaches mind-boggling speeds by supermassive black holeAstronomers have observed a star speeding close to the massiveblack hole at the centre of the Milky Way for the first time.The observations, made using the Very Large Telescope in Chile, tracked a star called S2 as it passed through the extreme gravitational field at the heart of our galaxy.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Black holes Science Space Astronomy Source Type: news