This Star Whips Around the Milky Way’s Black Hole Faster and Closer Than Any Other Known Star

At 15,500 miles per second, it’s the fastest planet or star ever observed by science, but its true value is how close it is to our galaxy’s supermassive black hole.

S301 passes close to Sagittarius A*—so close that its orbit could reveal how the black hole’s rotation warps the spacetime around it.

The star is moving at 25,000 kilometres per second, 100,000 times faster than a commercial airplane.

Star, named S301, around 50% more massive and five times brighter than our sun, travels at speeds up to about 90 million km per hour

The star S301 swoops so close to our galaxy’s supermassive black hole that it could, for the first time ever, reveal that dark behemoth’s rotation

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Star’s extreme proximity to Sagittarius A* means it could open new window onto black hole’s fundamental properties Astronomers have detected the fastest known star in the Milky Way, hurtling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy. The star, called S301, travels at around 25,000km per second, 100,

Star, moving at 8% the speed of light, may let us measure the black hole's rotation.

Researchers have identified a speed demon at the heart of the Milky Way. This fast-moving star may yield insights into the black hole parked at the center of our galaxy.

Star comes so close to our black hole, Sagittarius A*, that it can feel the effect of its rotation

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 : Scientists have detected the fastest-known star, a stellar speedster that is zooming around the supermassive black hole residing at the center of our galaxy and might hold the key to measuring the spin of this celestial beast for the first time.The star, around 50 per cent more massive and five tim

Fastest star in the galaxy ‘will reveal black hole’s secrets’  The Times

Telescope spies the fastest star in the Milky Way zipping around a black hole  AP News