Stars observed orbiting Milky Way's heart in best detail yet

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Sixteen years of observations of stars around the galactic centre are assembled in this video. The real motion of the stars has been accelerated by a factor 32 million. The individual images have been shifted and stretched to the same scale and orientation (Courtesy of ESO/R Genzel and S Gillessen)

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[goofywilly]

Event Horizon...... Einstein proved that if we are actually able to witness a black hole.... The light between it and us will be sucked in and we will also be sucked in as we are in the same space/time as that light......so, dont ever look directly at a black hole without special viewing lenses. You can get em on E-Bay for 3 easy payments of 4,638,000$ each. With each purchase you get an instructional video and some nice raisin cookies from WW2. Enjoy!! :D

[Darren Lavercombe]

Wish I'd read that before looking at this vid. Now I'm doomed to spiral in to it coz I've seen it.

Remember people, always check e bay before looking at things. ;-)

[potpot41925]

OmG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG THERE IS A SUPER MASSIVE BLACK HOLE IN THE CENTER OF OUR MILKY WAY GALAXY BUT IT IS HELPING US HOLDING THE STARS I THING THAT BLACK HOLE IS A GOOD BOY BUT OMG IT IS STILL YOUNG OMG

[Kenzofeis]

There is a force "infinitely" more powerful than the puny gravity, anyone know what it is? It is demonstrated on the sun all the time... Gravity really has not much of a say compared to it. It makes the mathematical construct of "black holes" unecessary and silly.. and a lot of other stuff too.

[Vykkdraygo713]

it slingshotted around it, like Apollo 13 did with the moon.....entered partial orbit and got flung out

[HigherrConsciousness]

lol  your goofy willy! haa

[guitaoist]

incredible!

[Diana Kessler]

The mass of the black hole caused it to go so fast that it could escape.

[Rodrigodiasu]

The stars are orbiting the black hole isn't? Imagine the velocity them!!

[Rodrigodiasu]

WOW !! And i don't knew that we could see something like it! Great!

[roguewarrior5]

Good call...but since the event horizon exists wouldnt that mean that the stars moving behind or into the black hole not have been about to see?

[Andrey Chistyakov]

Wtf...How Did That Star Get Away?

i Tough that The Supermasive Black Hole Had A Incredible Mass And Shit ..And Some Star Just Went ...

ooooooooooooo00000000000 SHit!!!! And Again oooooooo00000SHit And Again....What The Fuck?