A binary star system has been discovered near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. This finding confirms a hypothesis made nearly a century ago based on an accidental observation by Karl Jansky.
Astrophysicists are excited about a recent discovery near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole . Scientists have found a binary star system close to the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, confirming a hypothesis made by chance nearly a century ago. The discovery is based on a paper published in Nature Communications on Wednesday.
Scientists had previously predicted the existence of a binary star system - one where two stars are gravitationally bound to each other around a common center of gravity - near the black hole called Sagittarius A*. In the 1930s, American engineer Karl Jansky made an accidental observation while trying to research whether there was interference in radio signals between Europe and the United States. During his research, Jansky discovered Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole about 26,000 light-years from Earth. Follow-up observations showed bright emissions coming from the region, but scientists at the time couldn't determine what the 'bright blob' was.
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