# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcUGScOJuGS
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69663083-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-21T19:34:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Next door to a black hole

At the center of the Milky Way lurks a black hole as massive as four million Suns. It’s called Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A* for short.

Our NASAWebb telescope recently took a close look into our galaxy’s core—in particular, a star named IRS 3 that’s only half a light-year from Sgr A*. You can just barely see it as a reddish dot near the center of this image. 

IRS 3 is near the end of its life, and its unique age and location are helping astronomers understand how our galaxy continues to evolve.

#NASA #Space #SupermassiveBlackHole

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