Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists discovered that the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), is constantly streaming out flares without respite.

30, 2024 — Data from an international space mission is confirming decades worth of speculation about the galactic neighborhoods of supermassive black ... NASA's Hubble Finds That a Black Hole ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to take the longest look yet at our galaxy's supermassive black hole — and it's frothing with unusual activity. Situated 26,000 light ...

The supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center is providing a round the clock "fireworks" display on an unprecedented scale. New observations using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) ...

According to new research now available, it is predicted as to how the LRG 3-757 obtains the mass required to bend light - from a giant, ultramassive black hole sitting right in its center In an ...

Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) The black hole at the center of our galaxy ... data from recent observations by the Webb Space Telescope. The observations detailed the extreme ...

James Webb Telescope detects nonstop flares from Sagittarius A* The Milky Way’s black hole shows unpredictable flare activity Researchers seek extended JWST observations for deeper insights ...

That acceleration kick is known as the Hills mechanism, a three-body interaction between a black hole and two stars. Eventually, the gravitational dance will lead to a member of this triplet being ...

Yusef-Zadeh said that about 90% of the accretion disk's material falls into the black hole while the rest is ejected back into space. This accretion disk appears to be made up of material ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party -- and it is weird, wild and wonderful. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a Northwestern ...

At the time, the mysterious object, which was widely referred to as a "black hole," sparked wild rumors online. However, it was quickly revealed to be an uninhabited island covered with dense trees.

"The search is on and we're using all the telescopes we can to look for it." Han and his colleagues realized that this black hole must exist when they were studying so-called hypervelocity stars.