Posted on 17/10/02
Astronomers find solid evidence of huge black hole in centre of galaxy
An international team of astronomers says it has found the first direct proof that a supermassive black hole exists at the centre of our galaxy.The dark heart (not even light escapes it) of the Milky Way has a mass up to 3.7-million times that of the sun, researchers reported in today's edition of the British journal Nature. Its powerful gravitational pull sucks in dust and gas and even stars that come too close.
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