Feb 18, 2025 · Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Northwestern astrophysicists gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the supermassive black hole at the center of …

Feb 18, 2025 · The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party, complete with a disco ball-style light show. ... most detailed glimpse yet of the “void” …

Feb 18, 2025 · Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have taken a detailed look at the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sgr A*, finding it endlessly …

Feb 18, 2025 · Our galaxy’s central black hole is called Sagittarius A* (pronounced Sagittarius A-star). It has a mass of some 4 million suns. It’s surrounded by swirling disk of gas and dust, an …

Feb 18, 2025 · Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a Northwestern University-led team of astrophysicists has gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the void that …

Feb 18, 2025 · Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Northwestern astrophysicists gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the supermassive black hole at the center of …

Feb 27, 2025 · Observations show that the energy produced by hot matter swirling around the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way fluctuates constantly. ... The supermassive black …

6 days ago · The black hole at the Milky Way’s heart neither slumbers nor sleeps. Instead, the ring of plasma surrounding it flickers constantly, punctuated by superbright flares, observations …

Feb 18, 2025 · Now, new observations from JWST have revealed a constant stream of flares erupting from the gas swirling around the black hole's mouth. The new findings, published Feb. …

Feb 18, 2025 · Readings from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that the disk surrounding our Milky Way galaxy's black hole is flaring with fireworks.

Dec 9, 2021 · Black holes draw some material into a swirling, orbiting accretion disk where some of the infalling material is swept up into outflowing jets that are collimated by the black hole's …

Feb 20, 2025 · The Milky Way's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, is proving to be a relentless source of cosmic activity, continuously producing bursts of light with no apparent …

4 days ago · Cambridge, MA - Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This giant black hole is located in …

4 days ago · Astronomers have had a rare glimpse into the heart of the Milky Way thanks to an errant star expelled from the galactic centre. At the middle of our galaxy is a supermassive …

4 days ago · This giant black hole is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the closest satellite galaxy to our own. To make this discovery, researchers traced the paths of 21 stars on the outskirts of …

4 days ago · Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This giant black hole is located in the Large Magellanic …

Feb 25, 2025 · The Large Magellanic Cloud is an irregularly shaped galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, along with other dwarf star clusters, such as Sagittarius, Carina, or Draco. It is 163,000 light …

Feb 22, 2025 · A new James Webb Space Telescope study finds that Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's central black hole, constantly emits light from its swirling accretion disk.

Aug 9, 2024 · Known for its galactic pyrotechnics, this swirling galaxy is about 23 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. By space standards, it is practically one of …

Jun 20, 2022 · As if cracking open a cosmic Russian nesting doll, astronomers have peered into the center of the Milky Way and discovered what appears to be a miniature spiral galaxy, …

Dec 14, 2019 · It has a supermassive active black hole at its center that is twice as massive as the black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. The swirling arms are filled with dust, gas and …

17 hours ago · Figure 3: The fraction of mass in stars formed in the central bar (left) and disk (middle) regions of the Milky Way-like galaxy. The areas with high stellar mass fractions are in …

Feb 8, 2025 · New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs significantly in aspects like satellite systems and star …