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First Image of Sagittarius A Star

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2022

Geoffrey Bower12 May 2022

Science / Astronomy

As EHT project scientist, helps present the first direct image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.

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Geoffrey Bower

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