Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, ...

AI Reveals Milky Way’s Black Hole Spins Near Top Speed Date: June 15, 2025 Source: Morgridge Institute for Research Summary: AI has helped astronomers crack open some of the universe s best-kept ...

Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...

Michael Janssen at Radboud University in the Netherlands and his colleagues were studying the black hole at the Milky Way’s centre, Sagittarius A*, using the data gathered by a network of ...

A supermassive black hole in the early Universe has been spotted blasting out powerful jets of plasma that are at least twice as long as the Milky Way is wide. Its host galaxy is a quasar called ...

Researchers used an AI model to create a new image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, with some concern from experts.

These are rare occurrences—scientists estimate that the giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy gobbles a star ...

We know black hole mergers occur because we can detect the resulting gravitational waves. But when trying to piece together ...

The colossal black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning almost as fast as its maximum rotation rate ...