The Star That Dances with a Monster In the universe, where gravity holds sway, the interaction between a star and a supermassive black hole is a complex ballet of immense proportions.
A recent discovery – S301, the fastest star in the galaxy, orbiting Sagittarius A at breakneck speeds – offers astronomers a chance to unravel one of the universe's greatest mysteries: the spin of this gargantuan black hole.
The implications are profound. For decades, scientists have relied on indirect methods to infer the properties of black holes, including their mass and rotation.