Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way apparently flared up dramatically relatively recently. An echo of ...

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

The center of the Milky Way twinkles in microwave radiation, seen in new data obtained by astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. This study could help ...

Researchers are finding out more about a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, discovering that it has been leaking gases for several thousand years and is not the sleeping ...

To make this discovery, researchers traced the paths of 21 stars on the outskirts of the Milky Way using data from the ...

In any other year, the supermassive black hole mentioned above would probably scoop the award for most striking outburst, but not in 2025. This year, that accolade goes to a flare designated ...

A near-infrared view of the stars near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. - ESO / S. Gillessen et al. Astronomers suspect the giant black hole at the heart of the Milky Way may have collided with ...

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever before. By combining Einstein’s gravity with realistic behavior of light and ...

In summer, we face toward the Milky Way's hub in the Teapot constellation, home to the galaxy's supermassive black hole. One of the brightest parts of the Milky Way band crosses Sagittarius the archer ...

Hypervelocity stars have, since the 1920s, been an important tool that allows astronomers to study the properties of the ...

The borderlands of black holes ought to be chaotic spaces where the rate at which matter is drawn across into oblivion is ...