"The Milky Way's Black Hole: Shaping Spacetime Like a Football"

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, known as Sagittarius A*, is spinning so rapidly that it is distorting spacetime into an oval shape, resembling a football. This finding, based on radio and X-ray observations, suggests that the black hole is spinning at 60% of the maximum possible value, indicating it is spinning very fast. The rapid spin has implications for the past and potential future activity of the black hole, including the formation of powerful jets and their impact on the galaxy's gas supply and star formation.