The center of our Milky Way galaxy is a mysterious place. Not only is it thousands of light-years away, it’s also cloaked in so much dust that most stars within are rendered invisible. Harvard ...
An obvious conclusion is that they're all related and that SMBHs like Sgr A* in the Milky Way become so massive through a long sequence of mergers. When trying to piece together the Milky Way's SMBH ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a fleeting, spectral flash from the Milky Way’s central black hole, a signal that cuts through dust and distance to reveal fresh detail about one of the ...
Time is running out to see the iconic band of stars that comprise the center of the Milky Way. Our galaxy is positively teeming with billions of billions of stars that routinely become bright and ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Our planet is in the Milky Way’s suburbs—think of a quaint ...
Using archived science verification data from the Hokupa’a/QUIRC Adaptive Optics system on Gemini North, a French/US team of astronomers led by Jean-Pierre Maillard of the Institut d’Astrophysique de ...
A detailed infrared view of the Galactic Center region of our Milky Way Galaxy. These infrared images are sensitive to the presently forming massive stars there as well as the emission from cool ...
A view of the center of our galaxy shows the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, where cold dust (magenta) and warmer gas and dust (cyan) surround a cluster of massive stars. The stars generate high-speed ...
This massive star-forming cloud is working surprisingly fast. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A maelstrom of star formation close ...
A researcher identified gamma ray emissions that appear to have originated from dark matter, but other physicists still aren’t convinced. Reading time 4 minutes Astronomers have spent nearly a century ...
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