Max Planck Society

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Fastest Known Star Orbits Milky Way's Black Hole in Under 9 Years

Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope Interferometer have identified S301, a star orbiting Sagittarius A* at record speed, offering a new opportunity to test general relativity near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole

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Webb Telescope Reveals Three Supermassive Black Holes in Distant Galaxy

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified three supermassive black holes within a single galaxy seen as it was 12.5 billion years ago, offering new evidence for rapid black hole growth through mergers in the early universe

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eROSITA X-ray Survey Nearly Doubles Known High-Energy Cosmic Sources

The eROSITA X-ray telescope's latest data release catalogs nearly 2 million X-ray sources, offering an unprecedented view of black holes, galaxy clusters, and stellar remnants across the universe

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Inouye Solar Telescope Resolves Unprecedented Detail on Sun's Surface

The Inouye Solar Telescope has produced the highest-resolution images yet of the Sun's surface, revealing dynamic plasma structures and confirming a long-suspected fluid instability in solar plasma

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