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Milky Way’s black hole provides long-sought test of Einstein’s general relativity
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Nature 560, 17 (2018)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05825-3
Updates & Corrections
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Update 26 July 2018: This story has been updated with quotes from Odele Straub and Frank Eisenhauer.
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Correction 26 July 2018: An earlier version of this story stated that the star S2 made its closest pass by the galactic centre’s black hole on 18 May. In fact, it was 19 May.
References
Abuter, R. et al. Astron. Astrophys. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833718 (2018).