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Sagittarius A*, abbreviated as Sgr A* (/ ˈ s æ dʒ ˈ eɪ s t ɑːr / SADGE-AY-star [3]), is the supermassive black hole [4] [5] [6] at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way.Viewed from Earth, it is located near the border of the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius, about 5.6° south of the ecliptic, [7] visually close to the Butterfly Cluster (M6) and Lambda Scorpii.
The Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way; The dark heart of the Milky Way; Animation showing orbits of stars near the center of the Milky Way galaxy; Zooming in on the center of the Milky Way; Dramatic Increase in Supernova Explosions Looms; APOD: Journey to the Center of the Galaxy; A Galactic Cloud of Antimatter; Fast Stars Near the ...
In the television show Community, Pierce Hawthorne mentions that in his opinion, Sagittarius A* is the only black hole worth studying. In the final arc of the Sailor Moon manga series, "Sagittarius Zero Star" is the location of the Galaxy Cauldron, a fictional artifact that serves as the birthplace of all life in the Milky Way. [ 14 ] :
The first image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, named Sagittarius A*, has been captured by NASA's Event Horizon Telescope.
The world's first image of the chaotic supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy doesn't portray a voracious cosmic destroyer but what astronomers Thursday called a “gentle ...
The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy, with astronomers calling it a “gentle giant" on a near ...
The discovery of the star in the Milky Way Galaxy suggests that the galaxy may be at least 3 billion years older than previously thought. [265] [266] [267] Several individual stars have been found in the Milky Way's halo with measured ages very close to the 13.80-billion-year age of the Universe.
From this, the mass of the central black hole of TON 618 has been estimated to be at 66 billion M ☉. [9] This is considered one of the highest masses ever recorded for such an object; higher than the mass of all the stars in the Milky Way galaxy combined, which is 64 billion M ☉ , [ 10 ] and 15,300 times more massive than Sagittarius A* ...