For decades, scientists have theorized that the Milky Way Galaxy’s supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), ...
New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...
Researchers from Columbia University and Breakthrough Listen, a scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of ...
A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. See W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of X7 ...
Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to ...
Our Milky Way galaxy may not have a supermassive black hole at its center but rather an enormous clump of mysterious dark ...
There's no denying that something massive lurks at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, but a new study asks whether a ...
What if the Milky Way’s central “black hole” isn’t a black hole at all? A new model proposes that an ultra-dense dark matter core could mimic its gravitational pull.
Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* has been sonified by SYSTEM Sounds. Credit: ...
Previous observations of stars whipping around an unseen mass—especially a bright star called S2—have pointed to an object ...
At the center of our galaxy, something incredibly heavy is pulling the strings. Stars ...
There is a lot we have yet to understand about the center of the Milky Way—could it be due to a mass of invisible dark matter?