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

Smaller black holes tend to attract less material, making them naturally dimmer. Chandra would miss many of these faint ...

The black hole at the Milky Way’s heart neither slumbers nor sleeps. Instead, the ring of plasma surrounding it flickers constantly, punctuated by superbright flares, observations show. Astronomers ...

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 ...

“The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has not only the capability to destroy stars but it can also ...

Astronomers have discovered 53 new supermassive black hole-powered quasars that are blasting out jets of matter at near light-speed that stretch out for up to 7.2 million light-years, around 50 times ...

In fact, these jets often expand into wide plumes or “lobes” that fan out far above and below their host galaxies. The jets ...

Dusty stars close to the Milky Way’s black hole stay stable for years. New infrared data shows they survive gravity and ...

"Flares are expected to happen in essentially all supermassive black holes, but our black hole is unique." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

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Scientists have discovered two gargantuan radio bubbles at the center of the Milky Way, near the galaxy's supermassive black holes. These never-before-seen structures are believed to have formed ...

American space agency NASA announced the first major science program for the Nancy Grace Roman telescope, aside from the ...