A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...
The Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Galaxy may be "warping the spacetime surrounding it into ...
According to NASA, "there are hundreds of them"—massive black holes roaming space. It is now emerging and reshaping the ...
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 ...
"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...
A team of scientists including the University of Toronto's Bart Ripperda and Braden Gail - assistant professor and graduate student, respectively, at ...
The image of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of massive elliptical galaxy M87, changed the world. It was the ...
As far as supermassive black holes go, the one at the center of the Milky Way is relatively sedate. But, even in its supposed quiescent state, Sagittarius A* is prone to the occasional belch or ...
There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
“The flare observed at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy with JWST was so well-monitored that we are not just able to infer the properties of the radiation, but we can learn something about the ...