ESO press release of 16 April 2020 reporting that the Very Large Telescope's GRAVITY and SINFONI instruments measured the star S2's relativistic orbital precession near Sagittarius A*, the first such confirmation of general relativity near a supermassive black hole.
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PublisherEuropean Southern Observatory
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AuthorEuropean Southern Observatory
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