No it’s not some Heidiggerian metaphor, that pushpin really does mark the black hole at the center of our lives. Meet Sagittarius A, the ginormous black hole that resides in mega-gravitational splendor at the center of the Milky Way, sucking up energy and spitting it back out in the form of X-rays and even hotter, crazier particles too. Do you dare look more closely at its firey depths?
Well, obviously you do. So here you go.
These two images are taken from a high-def virtual tour of the galaxy, thanks to NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, which is packed with beautiful images that you can zoom around in just by moving your mouse. It’s like the Google maps version of the whole galaxy.
A Glimpse of the Milky Way [official site]
