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This star has the strangest sky in the galaxy

The newfound star S301 orbits the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole so closely that its view of the heavens gets twisted

  • S301 is a massive star orbiting Sagittarius A, the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.
  • S301's orbit is highly elliptical, bringing it 1.7 billion km from the black hole at perigalacticon.

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