The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

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Sagittarius A*, the super massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, has long been the subject of many astrophysical studies. (CREDIT: Tranding art/Shutterstock) ...