Sagittarius A* (IMAGE)

Penn State

Sagittarius A*

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This artist's illustration shows a cross-section of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole near the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Researchers, led by Ruth Daly at Penn State, determined that the black hole is spinning at about 60% of its potential speed. 

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NASA/CXC/M. Weiss

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