First Real Pictures of Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Released By NASA. A supermassive black hole termed Sagittarius A*, with a mass of around 4.3 million times that of the Sun, resides in that dark core around which the entire galaxy rotates.

Our ability to infer its presence and measure it was only possible because of the movement of other objects in the vicinity, but we had never actually seen the object.

That has been the case until now.Humanity finally has its first glimpse of this supermassive black hole in its entirety. But what is the deal behind this black hole? How does its existence affect the entire galaxy?

The supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy, the Milky Way, has been imaged for the first time by astronomers.

This result provides overwhelming proof that the object is a black hole and vital insights into the workings of these massive objects, which are assumed to reside at the center of most galaxies.