Milky Way's Black Hole Imaged by Taiwan-Backed Scientists

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By James Chater/Klein Wang

For the first time, astronomers have produced an image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Named Sagittarius A-star – the supermassive black hole is 4 million times the mass of our sun. And as James Chater reports, Taiwanese research institute, Academia Sinica, was a key part of the team that produced the landmark picture.