The Nation - News from Jan. 7, 1985

At the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, spins a mysterious and elusive astronomical object with exotic powers around which the entire galaxy revolves. It can’t be seen with an ordinary telescope, but it has long been known as a source of unusually strong radio signals, said astronomer Terry Jones, a member of an international team whose findings will be presented at the annual meeting this week in Tucson of the American Astronomical Society. Astronomers believe that the object may explain how matter organized itself into vast, wheeling galactic star systems.