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Cover Picture: Fortschritte der Physik 2 / 2021
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.202001744
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , citation , galaxy , physics , milky way , supermassive black hole , astrophysics , computer science , library science , mechanical engineering , engineering
The picture shows an image of milky way at the location of Sagittarius A*. In the year 2008, the teams of Andra Ghez and Reinhard Genzel provided the best empirical evidence that a supermassive black hole exists in the center of our galaxy by observing the orbits of certain stars around it. For this discovery Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzelwere honored by the Nobel Prize 2020.