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galactic center [gə′lak·tik ′sen·tər] (astronomy) The gravitational center of the Milky Way Galaxy; the sun and other stars of the Galaxy revolve about this center. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The bursts, which appear to have come from a source some 600 light-years from the galactic core, had never been detected before the 2002 survey and have not been noted since, the researchers note in the March 3 Nature. Margon said he had not studied the data, but that the Hubble telescope had proved to be highly reliable in investigating what lies beyond the dust barrier at the galactic core. That correlation seemed astonishing because a black hole's pull extends less than a light-year from the galactic core, whereas the stars lie up to 20,000 times that distance. |
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