Star orbiting supermassive black hole suggests Einstein is right
Looks like Einstein was probably right again!
Effects​ predicted by his general theory of relativity are slightly changing the orbit of stars ​very close to our Milky Way’s centre.
The culprit? The super-strong gravitational field of the supermassive black hole ​at the centre of our galaxy.
New analysis of data from ESO’s VLT suggests for the​ first time​
the very subtle effects of general relativity affecting a star orbiting a black hole.
The Galactic Centre is one of the best labs to test general relativity​.
And things are about to get even more exciting! In 2018 one of the stars will make a very close approach to the black hole
The VLT will be ready to observe the event with the GRAVITY instrument​.
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