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A newly detected star orbits the central black hole of our Milky Way closer than any other known star and therefore experiences, how the rotating black hole drags the surrounding spacetime along
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beep piefed.world beep@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-04-08
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Link: https://www.mpg.de/26915272/a-star-with-an-extreme-orbit-s301-feels-the-rotation-of-the-milky-way-s-central-black-hole
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Rimu piefed.social rimu@piefed.social
Joined: 2024-01-04
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So awesome that we can map the centre of the galaxy at this level of detail.

Also the swirling effect on spacetime from the black holes rotation is new to me. I am used to thinking of black holes as a deep indentation in spacetime but in fact it's a swirling indentation.
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