This High-Speed Star Is Whipping Around the Black Hole in the Middle of Our Galaxy
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S301 is the fastest star in the Milky Way. Its extreme orbit could make the rotation of Sagittarius A* directly measurable for the first time.
S301 moves at eight percent of the speed of light. This makes it faster than any other star in the galaxy – and could put Einstein's General Theory of Relativity to an important test. read more on t3n.de
In the center of our galaxy, astronomers have discovered a star that orbits the central black hole faster and closer than anyone else.
Astronomers discovered the fastest known star in our galaxy, the Milky Way, in orbit around the black hole in its centre. The star, named S301, was detected with the very large telescope interferometer of the European Southern Observatory (ESO's VLTI) and reached a speed of 25,000 km/s (15,500 miles per [...]
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