Quickest Star Orbiting a Black Hole

What do recently discovered stars orbiting close to the black hole at the core of our galaxy tell us about relativistic effects?

A depiction of stars orbiting around the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Credit: Nicholas Hunter (image).

In a recently published paper in The Astrophysical Journal, a team of European astrophysicists has published results of studying stars orbiting around the supermassive black hole at the…