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Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is approaching the cosmic speed limit, dragging space-time along with it

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Supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is approaching the cosmic speed limit, dragging space-time along with it

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Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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Supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* is spinning nearly as fast as it can, dragging the very fabric of space-time with it and shaping the heart of the Milky Way.

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Yeah that’s what I thought, but black holes are fucking wack so I thought maybe my understanding wasn’t applicable to them things

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