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Scientists Photograph Our Galaxy’s Central Supermassive Black Hole

The image was captured by the same team that in 2019 revealed the first-ever black hole photograph

The first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
The first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.EHT Collaboration
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The scientists who gave the world the first glimpse of a black hole have released their latest image, showing the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Sagittarius A* is about 27,000 light-years from Earth and is considered supermassive because it has a mass of more than four million times that of our sun. It’s only the second time visual evidence of such an object has been captured.