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Mysterious object at the centre of the Milky Way may be a new Star

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The object was found orbiting the Milky Way’s core in 2002. This composite image shows the motion of the dusty cloud G2 as it closes in on, and then passes, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way – and it remains compact, like a star

University of Cologne scientists say G2 cloud is actually a star
The object was found orbiting the Milky Way’s core in 2002
It was thought to be a cloud of gas orbiting the supermassive black hole. Studying the object could reveal how black holes ‘feed’ on material 

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