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Published online 17 February 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030217-1

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Star path backs black hole

Evidence strengthens for massive black hole at galaxy's heart.

The path of a new star attests to a super massive black hole at our galaxy's centre.

Astronomers have long thought that most of the Milky Way's mass is packed into a monstrous black hole.

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