Fastest known Milky Way star offers new test of supermassive black hole's spin
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The earliest report detected came from Phys.org at 15:00 UTC on 19 August 2026, and the most recent from Channel News Asia 3 minutes later.
Milky Way is named in all 2 reports.
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Phys.org
Fastest known Milky Way star offers new test of supermassive black hole's spin
Astronomers have discovered the fastest known star in our galaxy, the Milky Way, orbiting the black hole at its center. The star, named S301, was detected with the European Southern Observatory's Very
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Channel News Asia
Fastest-known star zooms under Milky Way black hole's influence
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How the coverage developed
- first Phys.org coverage detected Fastest known Milky Way star offers new test of supermassive black hole's spin
- +3m Channel News Asia coverage detected Fastest-known star zooms under Milky Way black hole's influence
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