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

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

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Astronomers have spotted the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space. The so-called "sleeping giant," named Gaia BH3, has a mass that ...

Space itself is scary enough—dark, vast, cold and empty—but galaxies have all manner of terrifying beasts lurking inside. Most of these astrophysical monsters are stars with various behavioral issues, ...

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

Astronomers have discovered "space tornadoes" raging through the heart of the Milky Way in the vicinity of our galaxy's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). The discovery provided ...

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