Three views of the centre of our Galaxy in infrared light (IMAGE)

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Three views of the centre of our Galaxy in infrared light

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Three views of the centre of our Galaxy in infrared light, with the location of the black hole Sagittarius A* marked by a white star. From left to right, the images zoom in and show the region at different wavelengths.
 

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JWST, NASA, STScI, CSA, ESA, ESO/VLT. Additional image data courtesy of Rainer Schödel (Dinh et al., 2024).

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