Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole sitting at the core of the Milky Way. It has a mass of 4.3 million times our ...

"In order to get such high sensitivity in the mid-infrared, one needs to go to space, as the atmosphere severely messes up ...

For years, the center of our galaxy has been painted as a place where stars go to meet their end — a region ruled by ...

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

Astronomers have discovered 53 new supermassive black hole-powered quasars that are blasting out jets of matter at near light ...

An artist’s concept of a hypervelocity star streaking through the Milky Way, surrounded by slower-moving stars. An astonishing fact only known for the past few decades is that every big galaxy in the ...

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 center of the Milky Way twinkles in microwave radiation, seen in new data obtained by astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. This study could help ...

An invisible monster lurks beyond the stars of the constellation Sagittarius near the border with Scorpius: a supermassive black hole, designated as Sagittarius A* (pronounced “Sagittarius A-star”), ...

James Webb Space Telescope observes mid-infrared flare from Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*, revealing flare evolution, synchrotron cooling, and magnetic field measurements.

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have successfully discovered 53 new quasars powered by supermassive black holes ...