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New Study Challenges Black Hole Theory at Milky Way's Core

2/16/2026

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A new study challenges the view that the Milky Way's center houses Sagittarius A*, the region's supermassive black hole.
It proposes an ultra-dense concentration of fermionic dark matter to explain the observed gravitational effects.
The model suggests this dark matter core can replicate the black hole's gravity and Keplerian stellar speeds.
The findings are published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, with future observations to test the theory.

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A new study challenges the view that the Milky Way's center houses Sagittarius A*, the region's supermassive black hole.
It proposes an ultra-dense concentration of fermionic dark matter to explain the observed gravitational effects.
The model suggests this dark matter core can replicate the black hole's gravity and Keplerian stellar speeds.
The findings are published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, with future observations to test the theory.