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The Skeptics Guide #937 - Jun 24 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Sagittarius a Star

Sagittarius A star is 25,000 light years from earth towards the center. Its mass is four million suns and it's 16 million miles or 26 million kilometers in diameter. The scientists combined observational data from Chandra X-ray Observatory and other observatories. And they saw that the X-rays were polarized in such a way that they pointed to our black hole.

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