Cosmic Journeys
Season 1 • Episode 9: Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way Galaxy • Watch with subtitles
Episode 9: Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way Galaxy
December 9, 2009 • 24 min
Thick dust and blinding starlight have long obscured our vision into the mysterious inner regions of our Milky Way galaxy. And yet, the clues have been piling up that something important, something strange is going on in there. Astronomers tracking stars in the center of the galaxy have found the best proof to date that black holes exist. Now, they are preparing to capture the first direct image of a supermassive black hole.
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