Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Lit Up in a Way We’ve Never Seen Before
Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...
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Astronomers Discover ‘Swarm’ of Black Holes Whipping Around the Milky Way Galaxy
Black holes are some of the universe's greatest mysteries, incredibly dense and sometimes massive void that suck in anything ...
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Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes — and there may be billions or even trillions more
Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...
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Milky Way's Black Hole - May Be Spinning Football-Shaped Spacetime Warp
The Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Galaxy may be "warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that can look like a football," according to the Chandra X-ray ...
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First Infrared Flare-Up Detected From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. As supermassive black holes go, it is fairly ...
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Intrepid white dwarf has a close encounter with a massive black hole
Scientists have detected emanating from the nucleus of a galaxy relatively close to our Milky Way flashes of X-rays gradually ...
Andromeda Galaxy: 10 Surprising Facts About Milky Way’s Nearest Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor, is a majestic spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. Let’s uncover some ...
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U of A researchers capture sharpest images yet of a supermassive black hole
A team that included University of Arizona astronomers captured the infrared image of the supermassive black hole using a Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer.
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First Infrared Flare-Up Detected From The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. As supermassive black holes go, it is fairly quiet. It’s not creating any galaxy-wide tantrums that should worry us.
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A strange black hole is acting even stranger
Scientists have detected emanating from the nucleus of a galaxy relatively close to our Milky Way flashes of X-rays gradually ...
X-ray echoes reveal 3D structure of molecular clouds in our galaxy's center
Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...