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Is something eating the universe? (Black holes)

Mysteries of Science

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A Supermassive Black Hole in Space

Sagittarius A star is the supermassive black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. It's around 26,000 light years away from Earth and this is the first time it has ever been photographed. If you are growing up head to eventhorizontellascope.org,. you can see the picture for yourself. Or just open the latest issue of science and nature to see it in our that's amazing section.

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