Thursday, November 3, 2005

New Evidence of Massive Black Hole In Galaxy

An artist's concept of the Milky Way galaxy, released on October 13, 2005. Chinese scientists said on Wednesday they had gathered evidence that shows the giant object in the center of our galaxy is a super-massive black hole known as 'Sagittarius A.' (NASA/CXC/M/Reuters)
New evidence of massive black hole in our galaxy
LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese scientists said on Wednesday they had gathered evidence that shows a giant object in the center of our galaxy is a super-massive black hole.

Zhi-Qiang Shen and researchers at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory captured radio waves emitted just beyond the edge of the mysterious object, known as Sagittarius A, with a system of 10 radio telescopes spread across the United States. Read full story.

Tension: Relative to mass
Gravity: Collapsing

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