Studying a galaxy from the inside can be a tricky thing, but astronomers have still managed to learn a great deal about our own Milky Way. One of the things scientists think they know about our galaxy — and many other galaxies like our own — is that they revolve around a black hole. In the case of the Milky Way, the object in the center of the galaxy is believed to be a supermassive black hole, and that’s not uncommon.
However, as astrophysicist Smadar Naoz writes, recent observations hint at the possibility that the black hole scientists believe resides at the location known as Sgr A* (the center of our galaxy) has a friend.
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Surprising discovery suggests the Milky Way has more than one black hole originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 16 Dec 2019 at 13:36:17 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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