The inner 600 light years of our galaxy is a maelstrom of cosmic radiation, turbulent swirling gas clouds, intense star…
Pictures of galaxies never cease to amaze, and astronomers are consistently coming up with new ones that provide a different…
NASA recently released a panoramic mosaic image that beautifully captures the mysterious and extremely energetic environment at the heart of…
A monster lurks at the heart of many galaxies – even our own Milky Way. This monster possesses the mass…
The heart of the Milky Way can be a mysterious place. A gigantic black hole resides there, and it's surrounded…
The center of the Milky Way is home to a giant black hole, but new research suggests that it isn't…
Recent observations by the now-retired Spitzer mission have led to accurate predictions OJ 287, a blazar that contains a supermassive…
Scientists have found six objects near the center of our galaxy that orbit Sagittarius A. These objects appear to be…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers recently observed a bright disk around a black hole that defies…
An almost unimaginably enormous black hole is situated at the heart of the Milky Way. It's called a Supermassive Black…