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This high-speed star is whipping around the black hole in the middle of our galaxy - NPR

This high-speed star is whipping around the black hole in the middle of our galaxy - NPR

Researchers have identified a speed demon at the heart of the Milky Way. This fast-moving star may yield insights into the black hole parked at the center of our galaxy.

In the fall of 2002, scientists calculated the mass of a truly gargantuan entity at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. It was four million times the mass of our Sun so big it almost certainly had t… [+5265 chars]

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