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S301 is a very normal #star in a very unusual neighbourhood.
It orbits Sgr A*, the #BlackHole at the #MilkyWay's centre, at 8% of the speed of light, and approaches to within 12 AU (about the distance from the …

This star has the strangest sky in the galaxy
The newfound star S301 orbits the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole so closely that its view of the heavens gets twisted

A gas-enshrouded and gas-reddened #BlackHole at cosmic dawn: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10846-4 -> Discovery of a “black hole star”: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/august-research-roundup-7-cool-science-stories-we-almost-missed/ (item 1).

Vigorous turbulence driven by quasar-mode feedback in a cluster core: #BlackHole "Blast" Reaches 300,000 Light Years: https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/press/black_hole_blast_reaches_300000_light_years.html

TDE 2025abcr - A #TidalDisruptionEvent in the Outskirts of a Massive Galaxy: #Swift Sees ‘Wandering’ Mega #BlackHole Shredding Star: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/swift/nasas-swift-sees-wandering-mega-black-hole-shredding-star/

Common Excitation Patterns of Star Formation, Active Galactic Nuclei, and Shocks in Seyfert Galaxies: #BlackHole activity shaping nearby galaxies: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/new-study-reveals-common-pattern-black-hole-activity-shaping-nearby-galaxies