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Study Questions Existence of Milky Way’s Black Hole

2/10/2026

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  • Researchers challenge the view that a supermassive black hole exists at the Milky Way's center.
  • They propose a dense core of fermionic dark matter could explain observed stellar motions.
  • Valentina Crespi is the lead author of the study published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
  • Crespi notes that more precise data are needed to differentiate between the SMBH and dark matter models.