Astronomers have identified S301, the fastest known star in the Milky Way, orbiting Sagittarius A*, the galaxy’s central ...

Near the center of the Milky Way, a star is racing around Sagittarius A* at speeds reaching 25 000 km/s. Named S301, it is ...

Scientists mapped out the structure of nine bright cores of galaxies located near the Milky Way and revealed common patterns ...

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

Scientists have found evidence that black holes of vastly different sizes may launch powerful jets according to the same universal rule. Supermassive black holes can produce jets soon after tearing ...

Active supermassive black holes may be drivers of star formation rather than agents of destruction, according to a new study reported by Smithsonian Magazine. Scientists have mapped the structure o ...

An early-career Western Australian astrophysicist has helped uncover a universal rule behind one of the most powerful ...

What: A SETI Live conversation about whether planet-mass objects could form in the dusty outer regions surrounding actively feeding supermassive black holes; Guests: ...

JWST has captured unusually detailed images of gas feeding the supermassive black hole at the center of NGC 4696. A vast filament appears to funnel material into an 800-light-year-wide spinning disk, ...

The Hubble telescope captured images of spiral galaxy NGC 4698. Its central bulge is tilted at an unusual angle to the main ...

Hubble captured NGC 4698, a strange spiral galaxy whose stars and gas rotate at right angles, revealing clues to a chaotic past.

When you look up at the night sky, countless stars are twinkling. The stars visible to the naked eye all seem quiet, and at ...