See a 360-degree visualization of the center of the Milky Way
![simulation of the center of the Milky Way](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/011118_EC_galaxycenter_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
GALACTIC CENTER Stars (white) and clumps of gas (red) can be seen in this image from a 360-degree visualization of the center of the Milky Way. Gas clumps near the galaxy’s black hole are stretched by gravitational forces (orange smear).
C. Russell et al./Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Chile, CXC/NASA