ESO's exquisitely sensitive GRAVITY instrument has added further evidence to the long-standing assumption that a supermassive black hole lurks in the center of the Milky Way. New observations show clumps of gas swirling around at about 30 percent of the speed of light on a circular orbit just outside its event horizon -- the first time material has been observed orbiting close to the point of no return, and the most detailed observations yet of material orbiting this close to a black hole.
from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181031080621.htm
from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181031080621.htm
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