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A newly detected star orbits the central black hole of our Milky Way closer than any other known star and therefore experiences, how the rotating black hole drags the surrounding spacetime along

The newly discovered star S301 orbits the black hole at the center of the Milky Way on a near-record-breaking orbit. Star S301 exhibits measurable effects of rotating spacetime near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A.

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