First ever binary star found near Sgr A* | ESO News

About this episode

The episode discusses the discovery of a binary star system near the supermassive black hole Sgr A*.

Two stars have been found orbiting each other in the vicinity of Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. A young binary star system forming and surviving in this extreme gravity means that black holes are not as destructive as we thought. This video summarises the discovery.

Topics covered

• binary stars
• black holes
• astronomy
• stellar formation
• gravity

Keywords

• binary star
• Sgr A*
• supermassive black hole
• Milky Way
• gravity
• stellar system
• discovery

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Sgr A*, Milky Way

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