Gas bubble swirls around the heart of the Milky Way

Still: The illustration shows where the hot spot should be, according to modelin
Still: The illustration shows where the hot spot should be, according to modeling of Alma data, and at what distance it is racing around the black hole Sagittarius A* in the center of our Milky Way. Sagittarius A* is seen here in the image obtained with the Event Horizon Telescope. © EHT Collaboration, ESO/M. Kornmesser (Acknowledgment: M. Wielgus).
Researchers discover a hot spot near the Sagittarius A* black hole with the Alma radio telescope. Still: The illustration shows where the hot spot should be, according to modeling of Alma data, and at what distance it is racing around the black hole Sagittarius A* in the center of our Milky Way. Sagittarius A* is seen here in the image obtained with the Event Horizon Telescope. EHT Collaboration, ESO/M. Kornmesser (Acknowledgment: M. Wielgus). There is a black hole in the center of our Milky Way. In the immediate vicinity of this mass monster called Sagittarius A*, things are turbulent.
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