At the center of the Milky Way, there is a supermassive black hole named Sagittarius A* that is located 26,000 light-years away. It is 14.6 million miles wide and is four million times the mass of ...

Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Astronomers have observed a binary star system orbiting near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The discovery of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), published Tuesday in ...

It seems plausible that the detection of planets in the galactic center ... black hole. The stellar pairing in question orbits the cosmic titan at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*.

Researchers in South Korea are developing a constellation of satellites that could reveal what goes on in the vicinity of ...

shows a black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way black hole is called Sagittarius A*, near the border of Sagittarius and Scorpius constellations. (Event Horizon Telescope ...

Recent discoveries about black holes, including intermediate types and plasma jets, transform our cosmic understanding.

Astronomers have discovered a pair of young stars near the supermassive black hole at the heart ... have been observed zipping around the Milky Way's center at hypervelocities, the new study ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have spotted what appear to be two stars whipping around each other near the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Nearly every large galaxy has a ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is associated with wanton destruction, but a recent discovery throws that assumption into question. A team of international ...

From missing links, to primordial beginnings, to extremely powerful plasma jets that could be shaping our universe in ...