A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...
Astronomers watched how the light brightened and dimmed near the event horizon of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...
The supermassive black hole named Sagittarius A* lies in the middle of the Milky Way. Observations of S2 and other stars also helped astronomers calculate the extraordinary size and mass of ...
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Astronomers Detect the Brightest and Most Distant Black Hole Flare Ever Seen
The enormous outburst was likely caused by an unfortunate star venturing too close to a supermassive black hole ...
Learn about the closest black hole from Earth, Gaia BH1. This recently discovered black hole is dormant, but it’s only 1,600 ...
The current rate of star formation at the Galactic Center appears to be lower than in the rest of the Galaxy. A new study led ...
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Simulations suggest the early universe helped black holes grow big, but not in the long run
At the heart of the Milky Way, just 27,000 light-years from Earth, there is a supermassive black hole with a mass of more ...
Sagittarius A* flickers every hour, making it a challenging target for telescopes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The James Webb ...
A near-infrared view of the stars near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: ESO / S. Gillessen et al. Astronomers suspect the giant black hole at the heart of the Milky Way may have collided ...
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