Some stars streaking through the Milky Way at millions of kilometers per hour probably trace back to a supermassive black ...

The Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, is 26,000 light-years away from us. It is four million times ...

Sagittarius A* has been seen by human eyes with an "image produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon ...

Dozens of 'wandering' black holes could be tumbling through our galaxy right now, new simulations hint. Their existence could ...

NTNU researchers may have found the answer to one of the big, unanswered questions in physics. The universe is full of ...

"This is the kind of discovery you make once in your research life." The Milky Way has a big newfound black hole, and it lurks close to Earth! This sleeping giant was discovered with the European ...

Image: CfA/Mel Weiss Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the very first time, and it’s shedding new light on ...

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Ours in the Milky Way is called Sagittarius A* ... “this would be the first time that we see the activation of a massive black hole in real time.” What's more, the galaxy's core is just ...

Although supermassive black holes—such as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) at the heart of our galaxy—are known for their voracious appetites, they also expel a lot of material at super-fast speeds.