Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

During the survey, researchers identified a promising 8.19-millisecond pulsar (MSP) candidate located close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Astronomers suspect the heart of the Milky Way may be hiding a big secret: a rapidly spinning, highly magnetic, neutron ...

Gravitational lensing is a phenomenon caused by massive objects bending the fabric space-time around them due to the impact ...

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies ...

An exotic type of dark matter could explain some of the characteristics of our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, but ...

An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping ...

Using the Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea, an international collaboration of astronomers led by scientists at Waseda University and Tohoku University of Japan have discovered an extraordinary quasar in ...

Observations of a distant quasar reveal that supermassive black holes may suppress star formation across intergalactic distances.

The universe contains billions of galaxies, each filled with stars, dust and mystery. Here are 12 incredible galaxies, ...

Learn how supermassive black holes may be suppressing star formation in nearby galaxies.