Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy Photographed

The Milky Way Galaxy is for humanity because of the presence of our solar system in it. quite important has a position. When this is the case, the mysteries of the Milky Way become much more remarkable.

Astronomers have been probing our galaxy for years to better understand the mysteries in the Milky Way. VLTI Thanks to the (Very Large Interferometer Telescope), our galaxy’s ‘your heart‘ was the clearest photograph ever taken.

Heart of galaxy photographed thanks to VLTI

This image, created by combining images from VLTI’s 4 large and 4 auxiliary telescopes, is located in the heart of the Milky Way. Sagittarius A* It also allowed the black hole to be observed. The astronomers compared the data obtained by photographing it multiple times and found that the stars you see in the photo above is orbiting a black hole Has detected.

“By tracking and photographing the stars around Sagittarius A*, they move around the black hole. learned his moves and about the heart of the Milky Way we got more ideas” said Reinhard Genzel, explaining that this discovery is a huge step towards understanding our galaxy.

Black hole has the same mass as millions of suns

As a result of research conducted between March and July 2021, Genzel and his team found that the black hole named Sagittarius A* 4.3 million Suns that it has the same mass as 27,000 light years announced that he was away. The main purpose of this research, which was carried out as part of the GRAVITY project, was to calculate the rotation speed of this black hole, which is located at the very center of the Milky Way. The researchers announced that they have now started the necessary work to calculate this speed.

If the GRAVITY project is successful, humanity will be able to power black holes in the future. that it can use to travel very quickly through space included in the statement