• Question: Do you have an idea of where a black hole is located in our galaxy?

    Asked by to Sam on 23 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Sam Connolly

      Sam Connolly answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      Yes! We can see lots in our galaxy and work out fairly accurately how far away they are, so we know where they are. The biggest one in the galaxy is the supermassive black hole in the centre, called Sagittarius AMATOMO_URL It’s about 2 million times heavier than the Sun! As it’s name suggests, it’s in the constellation of Sagittarius in the sky, right in the middle of the galaxy.

Comments