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 ...
'Troublesome' radio galaxy 32 times the size of Milky Way spotted
Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.
Cosmic Megastructure 32 Times Bigger Than The Milky Way Discovered
A radio telescope in South Africa has unearthed a giant galaxy—dubbed a "cosmic megastructure"—with plasma jets that measure ...
Mysterious flashing seen near supermassive black hole. Astronomers have an idea what it is
A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...
Astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action
Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes ...
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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.
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 ...
NASA Astronomers Zero In on the Number of Hidden Supermassive Black Holes
Researchers found far more hidden black holes than previously known, indicating plenty of behemoths lurking in thick clouds ...
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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 ...