Astronomers have made the most precise measurements yet of the motions of stars around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. These results, obtained with the help of the Gemini North telescope, show that 99.9% of the mass contained at the very center of the galaxy is due to the black hole, and only 0.1% could include stars, smaller black holes, interstellar dust and gas, or dark matter.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2130/
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NOIRLab Communications, Education & Engagement
14 Dec. 2021
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Željko Ivezić will assume the role of Director of Vera C. Rubin Observatory Construction starting on 3 January 2022. Ivezić will succeed Steven Kahn, who will be stepping down to …
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