Three gas clouds nearly grazed the edge of the Milky Way’s black hole
The observations confirm that the supermassive object really is a black hole
![black hole](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/103118_EC_black-hole_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
LIVING DANGEROUSLY Scientists spotted flaring gas swirling close to the edge of a black hole, illustrated in this visualization based on a computer simulation.
L. Calçada/ Gravity Consortium/ESO