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What is in the center of our galaxy?

Answer 1

No body really knows, but the most likely answer is a super massive black hole.

We have never taken a picture of a black hole, so we have no idea what they actually look like. Most pictures (not including the one from Interstellar) show a 2D object in a 3D universe, so it would be something like the sphere in the movie. Additionally, because black holes reflect no light, you can never really see one.

The majority of scientists concur that supermassive black holes are located in the center of most galaxies, slowly consuming everything in their path, though some matter does travel quickly enough to orbit the holes like planets orbit moons.

I hope this is useful.-C. Palmer

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Answer 2

Claire Anctil

Known as Sagittarius A* (pronounced "Sagittarius A-star"), this supermassive black hole lies at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way.

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