This is a continuation of what to expect in the video. Given it is a bit technical but that only has to do with the description of the instruments and doesn’t matter we can still enjoy..
The GRAVITY instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer is the most powerful tool for measuring the positions of the S2 star in existence and it was successfully tested on the S2 star in summer 2016. The orbit of S2 is highlighted in red and the position of the central black hole is marked with a red cross.
Check back as more updates come in and NASA releases one of their famous press releases.
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I saw a space doc about this a couple years ago. They stated the speed of these stars are traveling as they get close to the black hole could reach 5% of the speed of light. Wow!
Kids watch cartoons on Saturday morning, now it’s science.