Three gas clouds nearly grazed the edge of the Milky Way’s black hole

The observations confirm that the supermassive object really is a black hole

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LIVING DANGEROUSLY  Scientists spotted flaring gas swirling close to the edge of a black hole, illustrated in this visualization based on a computer simulation.

L. Calçada/ Gravity Consortium/ESO

As far as close shaves with a black hole go, it doesn’t get much closer than this.