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The Fastest Star in the Milky Way Races Around the Milky Way’s Black Hole at 8% the Speed of Light: The faint star S301 may turn the Milky Way’s black hole into a relativity laboratory.


The faint star S301 may turn the Milky Way’s black hole into a relativity laboratory.

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