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This Star Is Racing Around the Milky Way’s Black Hole at 8% the Speed of Light


-moving star near the Milky Way’s central black hole could test gravity under unusually extreme conditions. General relativity provides a remarkably precise description of gravity, but most everyday calculations do not require it.

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