07 June 2019
First-ever image of cool gas disk surrounding Milky Way's black hole
... material that was seen racing around near its event horizon at about 30 percent the speed of light by ESO’s GRAVITY instrument last year. It is estimated that the temperatures reached by this turbulent, spiralling belt of gas can reach as much...
31 October 2018
Black hole status of the Milky Way centre confirmed with striking new data
... centre of our galaxy, capturing concrete evidence of its existence is tough. But now thanks to new data from ESO’s GRAVITY instrument, a ring of extremely fast moving material has been spotted racing around near its event horizon at about...
10 April 2019
Ring of fire around black hole revealed for first time
... Universe and yet, providing direct evidence of their existence, has yielded nothing concrete so far. Last year ESO’s GRAVITY instrument observed a ring of extremely fast moving material racing around near Sag A*’s event horizon at about 30 percent...
