Artist's Impression of S2 Passing Supermassive Black Hole at Center of Milky Way (IMAGE)

University of Cologne

Artist's Impression of S2 Passing Supermassive Black Hole at Center of Milky Way

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Observations made with ESO's Very Large Telescope have for the first time revealed the effects predicted by Einstein's general relativity on the motion of a star passing through the extreme gravitational field near the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. This long-sought result represents the climax of a 26-year-long observation campaign using ESO's telescopes in Chile.

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European Space Observatory

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