A black hole in the Milky Way

Professor Reinhard Genzel explains how he found strong evidence of a supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way

24 August 2010

5 minutes

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Horizon—2009-2010, Who Is Afraid of a Big Black Hole?

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