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What will be the big science stories of 2019? Here are our predictions

image of the center of the Milky Way galaxy

In 2019, data from the Event Horizon Telescope could reveal an image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy (Milky Way center shown). 

C. Hailey et al/Columbia Univ., CXC/NASA

By Kate Travis

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