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Black hole at the galactic centre

The latest accurate measurements of the size of the galactic core at centimetre radio-wavelengths leave no reasonable escape from the conclusion that there is a black hole at the centre.

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Maddox, J. Black hole at the galactic centre. Nature 315, 93 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/315093a0

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