New research suggests that the x-ray light coming from the Milky Way’s central black hole Sagittarius A* has changed ...

Astronomers have completed the most comprehensive census of active galactic nuclei (AGN) to date, providing the clearest ...

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

The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way has long looked quiet, a dim and seemingly dormant presence ...

Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...

Supermassive black holes are mysterious bodies. Now a new preprint study is shedding light on Sagittarius A* by studying what ...

A supermassive black hole residing within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) - a satellite galaxy - is on a collision course with the Milky Way, a recent study revealed. The LMC's supermassive black ...

This understanding changed when Dikerby and his team pointed XRISM toward a large gas cloud near the galactic center.

"This result shows that the Event Horizon Telescope is not only useful for producing spectacular images, but can also be used ...

A supermassive black hole is reawakening inside a distant galaxy cluster—and after almost 100 million years of slumber, ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* or Sgr A*, is usually quiet and inactive. However, new research shows it was much more active in the past. Scientists ...