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A star cluster just outside the Milky Way known as Omega Centauri appears to have a black hole at its center according to new ...

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Image: Radio image of Sagittarius A* in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, obtained from this re-analysis. The structure is ...

Researchers from Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory (NAOJ) are throwing shade at the now iconic image of the ...

The EHTC image of Sagittarius A*—the black hole at the center of the Milky Way—shows a dark, central region (the black hole's shadow) surrounded by a bright ring of light (called the accretion ...

2024 — Researchers have discovered compelling evidence suggesting that the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), is likely the result ...

The Milky Way galaxy also has a supermassive black hole at its center, called Sagittarius A* ... mass approximately 4 million times that of the sun. By closely observing its surroundings, we ...

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Growing up in Long Beach, California, his parents adhered to a creationist view of the universe. But young Koerner caught ...