Scientists have discovered that the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, at the center of the Milky Way is spinning at almost maximum speed, dragging nearby objects along with it.
An image of Sagittarius A* , the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way , which scientists think is spinning as fast as it possibly can. The supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy isn't just spinning — it's doing so at almost maximum speed , dragging anything near it along for the ride. Ruth Daly, a physicist at Penn State, and colleagues found that the rotational speed of Sgr A* is between 0.84 and 0.96 — close to the top limit defined by a black hole's width.
The team described Sgr A*'s blistering speed in a study published Oc
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