Illustration of the first two black holes ever imaged by telescopes: Sgr A*
- National Science Foundation, Keyi "Onyx" Li
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An illustration shows the vast difference in size between the first two black holes ever imaged by telescopes: Sgr A* at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is 1,500 times less massive than M87*, which thankfully resides in a different galaxy altogether.
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A team including scientists from the University of Arizona have revealed the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
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