"Milky Way's Black Hole Primed for a Cosmic Kick, Telescopes Reveal"

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the NSF's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array have found that the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is spinning rapidly, warping spacetime and resembling the shape of a football. This discovery was made using a new method that combines X-ray and radio data to determine the black hole's spin. The study suggests that the black hole is spinning at about 60% of the maximum possible rate, potentially leading to increased activity if more material accumulates around it. The findings are detailed in a paper published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.