First Newborn Star Discovered Near Sagittarius A* Supermassive Black Hole
Channel: Life and the Universe
Date: 2023-03-21

The discovery of a very young star near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* challenges the understanding of star formation near the center of our galaxy. Newborn star X3a, ten times as big and fifteen times as heavy as our sun, is only several tens of thousands of years old and should not be able to exist so close to the black hole. This episode explores the paradox of youth and the conditions that allowed X3a to form in the immediate vicinity of the black hole.

Source article https://phys.org/news/2023-02-baby-star-black-hole-middle.html

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