Astrophysicists have teased a hellish potential future in which life on Earth is extinguished by deadly radiation from the ...

"Could our galaxy one day experience similar high-energy phenomena that will have serious consequences for the survival of ...

In the dense heart of the Milky Way, not only does a supermassive black hole reign, but a cloud of stellar-mass black holes ...

"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...

The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.

For comparison, the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way has about 4 million solar masses. Elsewhere in the universe, there are supermassive black holes with billions of times more mass than ...

The galaxy in question also possesses vastly more dark matter than the Milky Way, hinting at a connection between active black holes and the abundance of the universe's most mysterious "stuff." ...

An illustration shows a "cosmic tornado" flowing around Sgr A,* the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) Astronomers have discovered "space ...