BY LI COHEN

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earth-closer-milky-way-supermassive-black-hole-than-previously-thought/

NOVEMBER 29, 2020 / 7:59 AM/ CBS NEWS

A new map of the Milky Way created by theNational Astronomical Observatory of Japanshows Earth is spiraling faster and is 2,000 light years closer to the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy than was previously thought.

In 1985, the International Astronomical Union announced that Earth was 27,700 light years away from the black hole, named Sagittarius A*. But a 15-year analysis through Japanese radio astronomy project VERA found that the Earth is actually only 25,800 light years away. They also found that Earth is moving 7 km/s faster than they previously believed.

Sagittarius A* and black holes of the like are dubbed “supermassive” for a reason — they are billions of times more massive than the sun. 

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