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Science Friday — Peering through dust clouds to the center of the galaxy
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Peering through dust clouds to the center of the galaxy

Science Friday · 1351

In 2020, Andrea Ghez shared the Nobel Prize for her observations of a supermassive compact object at the center of the Milky Way galaxy—an object that has all the hallmarks of a supermassive black hole. Ghez had developed techniques that allowed her to peer through galactic dust clouds with the Keck telescopes and…

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*Sigh* I thought it said "Peeing through dust clouds to the center of the galaxy"

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