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Sagittarius A* — The Milky Way's Black Hole

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Caption: The Event Horizon Telescope's 2022 image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Galaxy.

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The second black hole imaged by the EHT, confirming a four-million-solar-mass black hole at the Galactic Centre whose size matches predictions from the orbits of nearby stars.

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Depicts: Sagittarius A*

Captured by: Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)

Related: The Milky Way

Discovery: The Milky Way's Central Black Hole

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Black Holes

A fuzzy bright orange ring of light surrounding a dark central region — the shadow of a black hole.
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The First Image of a Black Hole (M87*)
Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

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Horizon-scale images of supermassive black holes (M87*, Sagittarius A*).

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Sagittarius A* — The Milky Way's Black Hole

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The First Image of a Black Hole (M87*)

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Sagittarius A* — The Milky Way's Black Hole

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Subject & instruments

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Related images

The First Image of a Black Hole (M87*)

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