A mysterious star from outside the Milky Way has somehow ended up near our galaxy's supermassive black hole

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A picture shows a star near the region where the Sagittarius A* black hole should be. The picture looks like yellow blobs on a dark background, two circles highlight the location of the star and the black hole.
A star called S0-6 (circled in blue), was found near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*, circled in green) at the center of the Milky Way.

Miyagi University of Education/ NAOJ

The black hole at the center of the Milky Way is spinning so fast, it's squishing space-time down like a football

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milky way galaxy with zoomed in section on black hole
A cross-section showing Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

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