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  • U of I astronomers help capture first image of Milky Way's black hole

    May 12, 2022 8:45 am by Lois YoksoulianInsights
    Physics professor Charles Gammie and his team contributed to research that produced the first direct visual evidence of the Sagittarius A star, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Image courtesy Event Horizon Telescope collaboration

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    Illinois researchers are part of a large international collaboration that unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. 

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