Our galaxy's supermassive black hole makes spacetime look like a football - study
Getting in the Super Bowl spirit? Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy, spins so fast that it makes spacetime around it shaped like a football.
This artist's illustration shows a cross-section of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, warping spacetime to look like a football.(photo credit: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss)ByAARON REICH