A star near the centre of our galaxy reaches almost 3 per cent of the speed of light as it is whipped around something four million times the mass of the Sun that emits no light of its own — and tracking its orbit for nearly three decades helped two astronomers wi - Space Daily

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Jul 25, 2026

A star near the centre of our galaxy reaches almost 3 per cent of the speed of light as it is whipped around something four million times the mass of the Sun that emits no light of its own — and tracking its orbit for nearly three decades helped two astronomers wi - Space Daily

Decades of watching a star dance around an invisible cosmic anchor proved what physics predicted and earned astronomy's highest honour.

Near the centre of the Milky Way, about 26,000 light-years from Earth, a young blue star repeatedly performs what looks like an impossible turn. It falls towards an object that cannot be seen, accel… [+9275 chars]

A star near the centre of our galaxy reaches almost 3 per cent of the speed of light as it is whipped around something four million times the mass of the Sun that emits no light of its own — and tracking its orbit for nearly three decades helped two astronomers wi - Space Daily

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