Black holes — how do they work? New images of the magnetic field of the black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, may help us understand them a little better. The new view of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Black holes, particularly supermassive black holes like Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), play a crucial role in the dynamics of galaxies, especially at their centers. Recent research has focused on ...

Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.