EHT Reveals First Image of Sagittarius A*

Recently, scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) facility revealed the first image of the black hole named Sagittarius A* (SgrA*) at the centre of our galaxy, i.e., the Milky Way.

About Sagittarius A*

  • It is a supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy, located near the border of the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius.
  • SgrA* possesses 4 million times the mass of our sun and is located about 26,000 light-years from Earth.
  • The diameter of SgrA* is about 17 times that of the sun.

SgrA* (Image Source: NASA)

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