Astronomers have been observing a gas cloud 200 light years from the centre of the galaxy. The movement of its gases indicates that it hides a black hole 100,000 times more massive than the sun
At the heart of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. It has the mass of 4 million suns
The centre of
the Milky Way
The Milky Way is home to more than 100 million black holes
The Orion Spur
Our Sun
Not to scale
5,000 light years
At the heart of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. It has the mass of 4 million suns
Astronomers have been observing a gas cloud 200 light years from the centre of the galaxy. The movement of its gases indicates that it hides a black hole 100,000 times more massive than the sun
The centre of
the Milky Way
The Orion Spur
Our sun
Not to scale
The Milky Way is home to more than 100 million black holes
5,000 light years