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Supermassive Milky Way black hole to consume gas cloud
Artists impression of gas cloud G2 falling onto Sag A*
As gas cloud G2 speeds towards Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole at our galaxy’s center, astronomers are getting ready to have some of their questions answered. At least the devouring, expected in March-April, promises to be a spectacular view.
As Sagittarius A* is located almost 26,000 light years away from the Earth, the collision itself...