orbiting
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Coughlin notes that Hills capture may also be responsible for some of the stars now orbiting Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Decades carefully tracking stars orbiting our galaxy's central black hole, Sagittarius A*, have led to this breakthrough discovery," Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The book expands outward, creating an enormous system of stories orbiting the sisters’ lives and legends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Astronaut Wally Schirra boarded the vessel wearing his personal Omega Speedmaster Professional, orbiting Earth six times over the course of nine hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
I wiggled the dam thing around so that it was aimed upward at the sky, although I had no idea exactly where the satellites were orbiting.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
