Astronomers have announced the discovery of a remarkable star that orbits the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy in only 11.5 years – the shortest known orbit of any star near this black hole. This Keck Observatory image shows the short-period star S0-102, the star S0-2 and the electromagnetic counterpart of the black hole, Sgr A* (L. Meyer et al) “The star, known as S0-102, may help astronomers discover whether Albert Einstein...
