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Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. As supermassive black holes go, it is fairly ...

Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...

"We have by and large been ignoring triples in models and simulations — we're just starting to understand how these types of ...

The Milky Way appears in the night sky at the U.S.-Mexico border on ... the possibility of planet formation near black holes in our galaxy. More John Moore/Getty Images Florian Peissker, lead ...

Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy ... bugs on a warm summer night. And appropriate for tonight's ...

Spur and gap features seen in Milky Way’s GD-1 stellar stream could be caused by a self-interacting dark matter subhalo. New research points to a dark matter subhalo as the architect behind the unique ...

which are among the brightest stars in the night sky, according to the Center for Astrophysics. In the Milky Way and nearby ...

Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

The Milky Way is not considered an active galaxy—at least ... It's easy to feel small, looking up at the Backbone of Night. Our Solar System alone is an easy three light years wide, and it's ...

Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy ... bugs on a warm summer night. And appropriate for tonight's ...