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

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

Observations revealed ongoing fireworks featuring short bursts and longer flares. Imagine solar flares, but magnified to an ...

Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way indicate there could be a supermassive black hole in the neighboring Large Magellanic ...

Scientists have pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, which is home to the ...

A new study using NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a variety of light coming from the black hole Sagittarius A* — or rather its accretion disk, the ring of rapidly spinning material ...

JWST captured this dazzling display of flaring activity from the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way.

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas.

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, causing the larger galaxy to “wobble,” imparting ...

Star clusters are formed when gravity pulls young stars together, forcing them to orbit each other. A star cluster can ...

Our Solar System is in motion and cruises at about 200 kilometres per second relative to the center of the Milky Way. During ...