This Chandra image shows our Galaxy's center. The location of the black hole, known as Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A* for short, is arrowed. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

Seen in polarised light for the first time, the image above is of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way—or, rather, the magnetic field around its shadow.

The Milky Way hosts its own supermassive black hole at its center known as Sagittarius A* (pronounced “ay star”) that is more than four million times as massive as our sun. The tiniest members ...

As far as supermassive black holes go, the one at the center of the Milky Way is relatively sedate. But, even in its supposed quiescent state, Sagittarius A* is prone to the occasional belch or ...

An illustration of a blue laser beam shooting ... Our galaxy's central black hole, Sagittarius A*, is a gargantuan tear in space-time that is 4 million times the mass of the sun and 14.6 million ...

Scientists have been actively observing Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*)—a supermassive black hole roughly 4 million times the mass of the sun— since the early 1990s. Sgr A* regularly exhibits flares ...

particularly supermassive black holes like Sagittarius A* at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has played a crucial role in this research, providing ...

This makes it slightly less massive than the Milky Way's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*).