New research suggests that the x-ray light coming from the Milky Way’s central black hole Sagittarius A* has changed ...

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

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

Astronomers have completed the most comprehensive census of active galactic nuclei (AGN) to date, providing the clearest ...

Supermassive black holes are mysterious bodies. Now a new preprint study is shedding light on Sagittarius A* by studying what ...

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

The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...

"This result shows that the Event Horizon Telescope is not only useful for producing spectacular images, but can also be used ...

Astronomers have spotted the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space. The so-called "sleeping giant," named Gaia BH3, has a mass that ...

Astronomers have chased hypervelocity stars for more than a century. These rare objects move so fast that the Milky Way ...

A supermassive black hole residing within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) - a satellite galaxy - is on a collision course with the Milky Way, a recent study revealed. The LMC's supermassive black ...

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