The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

Astronomers studying the Milky Way's supermassive black hole have found "compelling evidence" that could finally help explain its mysterious past. Located 26,000 light-years away in the center of ...

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 the Milky Way. They found the ...

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 show.

Milky Way black hole has 'strong, twisted' magnetic field in mesmerizing new image. March 28, 2024 3:53 PM ET. By . Bill Chappell Enlarge this image.

The star S4716 orbits the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, coming as close to it as 9.2 billion miles. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The magnetic field of the Milky Way’s black hole has been pictured for the first time. Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is the black hole in the middle of our own galaxy, and the new image reveals a ...

An artist’s illustration depicts the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*. It’s surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of hot gas and dust.

First images of Milky Way’s black hole released 02:13. Astronomers have discovered powerful "twisted" magnetic fields spiraling around the black hole that sits at the center of the Milky Way ...

A dwarf galaxy that appears to harbor a supermassive black hole far bigger than expected may have had most of its stars stolen from it by the Milky Way, scientists have proposed.

Supermassive black hole mergers occur when entire galaxies merge together. Bumps and kinks in the Milky Way's disk indicate it likely collided with at least a dozen galaxies during the past 12 ...