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The star S301 swoops so close to our galaxy’s supermassive black hole that it could, for the first time ever, reveal that dark behemoth’s rotation
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The star S301 swoops so close to our galaxy’s supermassive black hole that it could, for the first time ever, reveal that dark behemoth’s rotation
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Star, moving at 8% the speed of light, may let us measure the black hole's rotation.
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Researchers have identified a speed demon at the heart of the Milky Way. This fast-moving star may yield insights into the black hole parked at the center of our galaxy.
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A star is whipping around the Milky Way's central black hole incredibly fast, setting a record for the tightest orbit ever observed
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AIPROPX has consolidated 6 reports from 6 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Scientists find closest star to the Milky Way's central black hole.” The covered outlets are based across 2 regions — Other and US.
The earliest report in this entry came from Nature (Aug 19, 2026, 00:00 UTC); the most recent came from Scientific American (Aug 19, 2026, 16:40 UTC).
Comparing the wording across sources, 8 named entities are referenced by multiple outlets and the phrase recurring most across the coverage is “black hole”.
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