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Scientists find closest star to the Milky Way's central black hole

Scientists find closest star to the Milky Way's central black holeWorldPing

Star, moving at 8% the speed of light, may let us measure the black hole's rotation.

This is a short WorldPing brief. The full report was published by Ars Technica.

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