No companion found for famous young bright star orbiting Milky Way’s supermassive black hole. Astronomers have the “all-clear” for an exciting test of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, thanks to a new discovery about S0-2’s star status. Up until now, it was thought that S0-2 may be a binary, a system where two stars circle around each other. Having such a partner would have complicated the upcoming gravity test.
A team of astronomers led by a UCLA scientist from Hawaii has found that S0-2 does not have a significant ...
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