Astronomers have detected a strange radio source coming from somewhere near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The signal repeats seemingly at random, and can’t be neatly attributed to any known ...

Our galaxy’s supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space ...

On Thursday, designer Matt Webb unveiled a new iPhone app called Galactic Compass, which always points to the center of the Milky Way galaxy—no matter where Earth is positioned on our journey through ...

A view of the center of our galaxy shows the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, where cold dust (magenta) and warmer gas and dust (cyan) surround a cluster of massive stars. The stars generate high-speed ...

You’re looking at the center of our galactic home, the Milky Way, as imaged by 64 radio telescopes in the South African wilderness. Scientists released this image today to inaugurate the completed ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. At the center of our Milky Way galaxy, threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields weave ...

For decades, astronomers have discovered hundreds of protoplanetary disks—structures believed to represent the early stages of our own solar system. However, most of these discoveries lie within our ...

The study of black holes and the dynamics at the centres of galaxies has reached new heights with the advent of high-resolution imaging and advanced simulation techniques. Black holes, the enigmatic ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is a mysterious place. Not only is it thousands of light-years away, it’s also cloaked in so much dust that most stars within are rendered invisible. Harvard ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy is a bit like the hearth at the center of a cozy pub. It's a bright, warm gathering place around which all the quotidian life of the Milky Way ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In a recent study of the X-ray emissions seething out of the Milky Way's galactic center, ...

The supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy appears to have a lot of company, according to a new study that suggests the monster is surrounded by about 10,000 other black holes.