New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

For decades, scientists have theorized that the Milky Way Galaxy’s supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), ...

Scientists scanning the heart of the Milky Way have spotted a tantalizing signal: a possible ultra-fast pulsar spinning every 8.19 milliseconds near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at our ...

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Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have discovered "signs of a ‘hot spot’ orbiting Sagittarius A*," according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO) ...

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: ...

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.

Scientists at Columbia University working with Breakthrough Listen, a research initiative focused on searching for signs of civilizations beyond ...

Previous observations of stars whipping around an unseen mass—especially a bright star called S2—have pointed to an object ...

Sagittarius A* may be a dense dark matter core instead of a black hole, offering a new explanation for the Milky Way’s central gravity.

Now, according to a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, there could be a pulsar at the center of our Milky Way—and it could open a new chapter in physics. Researchers from Columbia ...

Researchers believe they have found the signal of a pulsar, the ancient core of a rapidly spinning star, at the center of the ...