Black hole · Sgr A*26,700 light-years away
Sagittarius A*
The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way — about 4 million times the Sun's mass packed into a region smaller than Mercury's orbit. Imaged directly by the Event Horizon Telescope in 2022.
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