2026 August 21 - Time-Lapse of the Star S301 Orbiting the Black Hole in the Center of the Galaxy

In today's image, we see an animation of the very central region of the Galaxy shown the black hole - Sagittarius A* and the star known as S301 which orbits that black hole.

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