Scientists Confirm There's a Monster Black Hole in the Heart of our Galaxy

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By Chelsea Gohd
Oct 31, 2018 10:05 PMMay 17, 2019 9:05 PM
Using the ESO's sensitive GRAVITY instrument, researchers have confirmed that the enormous object at the heart of our galaxy is - as scientists have assumed for many years - a supermassive black hole. (Credit: ESO/Gravity Consortium/L. Calçada)
Using the ESO’s sensitive GRAVITY instrument, researchers have confirmed that the enormous object at the heart of our galaxy is, as scientists have assumed for many years, a supermassive black hole. (Credit: ESO/Gravity Consortium/L. Calçada)

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Scientists have finally confirmed that the massive object at the heart of our galaxy is, in fact, a supermassive black hole.

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