Sagittarius A* has been seen by human eyes with an "image produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

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A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

The Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Galaxy may be "warping the spacetime surrounding it into ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, ...

We know black hole mergers occur because we can detect the resulting gravitational waves. But when trying to piece together ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Scientists have long thought the Milky Way galaxy would someday collide with its closest neighbor, Andromeda. However, new ...

Disk galaxies, like our own Milky Way galaxy, commonly consist of both a thick and thin disk of stars—each with different ...

AI has helped astronomers crack open some of the universe s best-kept secrets by analyzing massive datasets about black holes ...