ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, GRAVITY Collaboration, EHT Collaboration (Music: Azul Cobalto) ...

Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the ...

Astronomers have spotted displays of flashing lights and “fireworks” near a supermassive black hole at the center of the ...

A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky ...

Wolk Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, revealing how past flares from Sagittarius A* interacted with ...

At double the width of our Milky Way galaxy ... quasars are galactic cores with gas and dust falling into a black hole, releasing a tremendous amount of energy that makes them exceedingly ...

Expect the unexpected In this artist’s rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654’s supermassive black hole. (Courtesy: ...

making it twice as long as the width of the Milky Way. Even more surprisingly, the black hole that powers the quasar from which this jet erupts, designated J1601+3102, is relatively small.

As their name implies, the entities are enormous (Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of our Milky Way is 4.3 million times bigger than the sun.) They're also scarily destructive and ...