A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...
There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...
Sgr A*, at the heart of the Milky Way and clocking in at 4.3 million solar masses, is the closest supermassive black hole we have access to. It's also on the quiescent end of the activity scale, which ...
In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the ...
It’s divided into sections with names like “Lunar Lunch” and “Extraterrestrial Dinner,” because why settle for boring old ...
Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...
Image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has uncovered strong and organised magnetic fields spiralling from its edge," ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...