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Sagittarius A*

Sagittarius A* is the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way/

Sagittarius A* is the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.

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Rights: NASA/UMass/ D.Wang et all., IR: NASA/STScl
Published: 8 May 2017Size: 558.38 KB
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