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The supermassive black hole anchoring the Milky Way has been pictured for the first time by astronomers. Sagittarius A* is an enormous black hole at the centre of Earth’s own galaxy which serves as the fulcrum around which the spiral arms rotate.

Astronomers at the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) today revealed the image of the black hole, three years after they published the first ever image of any black hole. The project took 5 years and involved more than 300 researchers from 80 institutes around the world.

Dr Ziri Younsi from UCL said: “Our results are the strongest evidence to date that a black hole resides at the centre of our galaxy. This black hole is the glue that holds the galaxy together. It is key to our understanding of how the Milky Way formed and will evolve in the future."

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