The Milky Way has a supermassive black hole at its centre, called Sagittarius A.
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The Milky Way has a supermassive black hole at its centre, called Sagittarius A star. It has about 4 million times the mass of the Sun and is about 26,000 light-years from Earth. Its existence was confirmed in 2022 with direct images.
Source: NASA
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