{"id":16974,"date":"2018-10-31T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16974"},"modified":"2018-10-30T20:14:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T00:14:22","slug":"eso-detailed-observations-of-material-orbiting-giant-black-hole-at-milky-way-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16974","title":{"rendered":"ESO: Detailed observations of material orbiting giant black hole at Milky Way center"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Most Detailed Observations of Material Orbiting close to a Black Hole<\/strong><\/a>
\nESO\u2019s GRAVITY instrument confirms black hole status of the Milky Way centre<\/em><\/p>\n

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ESO’s exquisitely sensitive GRAVITY instrument has added further evidence to the long-standing assumption that a supermassive black hole lurks in the centre of the Milky Way. New observations show clumps of gas swirling around at about 30% of the speed of light on a circular orbit just outside a four million solar mass black hole \u2014 the first time material has been observed orbiting close to the point of no return, and the most detailed observations yet of material orbiting this close to a black hole. This visualisation uses data from simulations of orbital motions of gas swirling around at about 30% of the speed of light on a circular orbit around the black hole. [Higher-res images<\/a>]
<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>ESO\u2019s exquisitely sensitive GRAVITY instrument has added further evidence to the long-standing assumption that a supermassive black hole lurks in the centre of the Milky Way. New observations show clumps of gas swirling around at about 30% of the speed of light on a circular orbit just outside its event horizon \u2014 the first time material has been observed orbiting close to the point of no return, and the most detailed observations yet of material orbiting this close to a black hole.<\/p>\n