<div id="ooyalaplayer" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;"></div><div style="display:none;" id="kalturavideoplaceholder">kalturavideoplaceholder</div><div><div><script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script><div class="g-ytsubscribe" data-channelid="UC9uD-W5zQHQuAVT2GdcLCvg" data-layout="full" data-count="hidden"></div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p>For the first time, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtpID_Ic-pA">astronomers have mapped</a> the flow of material swirling around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. The material is the remains of a star that the black hole ripped apart 3.9 billion years ago.&#xa0;</p><p><em>Video courtesy of NASA</em></p><p><strong>Follow BI Video:&#xa0;</strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BI_Video?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">On Twitter</a></p>

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Astronomers have observed something never seen before around the monster black hole at the center of our galaxy

kalturavideoplaceholderFor the first time, astronomers have mapped the flow of material swirling around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. The material is the remains of a star that the black hole ripped apart 3.9 billion years ago.&#xa0;Video courtesy of NASAFollow BI Video:&#xa0;On Twitter

kalturavideoplaceholderFor the first time, astronomers have mapped the flow of material swirling around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. The material is the remains of a star that the black hole ripped apart 3.

Astronomers have observed something never seen before around the monster black hole at the center of our galaxy

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