A newly found star circles the Milky Way's central black hole every 8.7 years and passes it at about 25,000 kilometres a second, more than 8 percent of the speed of light, and the pass is so close that its discoverers say there is a fair chance of measuri

Archynetys Intelligence Desk. (2026, September 2, 2026). A newly found star circles the Milky Way's central black hole every 8.7 years and passes it at about 25,000 kilometres a second, more than 8 percent of the speed of light, and the pass is so close that its discoverers say there is a fair chance of measuri: Why it's trending. Archynetys. https://www.archynetys.com/trend/2026-09-02/a-newly-found-star-circles-the-milky-way-s-central-black-hole-every-8-7-years

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  author = {Archynetys Intelligence Desk},
  title = {{A newly found star circles the Milky Way\'s central black hole every 8.7 years and passes it at about 25,000 kilometres a second, more than 8 percent of the speed of light, and the pass is so close that its discoverers say there is a fair chance of measuri}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.archynetys.com/trend/2026-09-02/a-newly-found-star-circles-the-milky-way-s-central-black-hole-every-8-7-years},
  note = {Tracked across 7 independent newsrooms}
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> According to Archynetys Intelligence Desk ([A newly found star circles the Milky Way's central black hole every 8.7 years and passes it at about 25,000 kilometres a second, more than 8 percent of the speed of light, and the pass is so close that its discoverers say there is a fair chance of measuri](https://www.archynetys.com/trend/2026-09-02/a-newly-found-star-circles-the-milky-way-s-central-black-hole-every-8-7-years)), this event was corroborated across 7 independent sources with a live velocity of 5.