Located just a tenth of a light-year from the heart of our Milky Way galaxy where the Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole resides, the proximity of the cluster to the enormous black hole's powerful gravitational pull means that it shouldn't have much structure. But after inv...
Astronomers found the most massive stellar-mass black hole in the galaxy after spotting a star "wobbling" nearby. The baby monster is the 2nd-closest black hole to Earth ever detected.
One research group has found supporting evidence that a massive black hole lurks at the heart of the Milky Way. The other group, studying light emitted by a star orbiting an unseen, compact object some 6,000 light-years from Earth, has deduced that the hidden object is a black hole about...
“There must be a bunch of them closer by that we haven’t found yet, but this is the closest that we know,” says Heida. It is thought that there are about 100 million small black holes in the Milky Way, but we have found fewer than 100. If black holes were spread evenly in th...
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Chinese scientists have contributed to the global effort that captured the world's first image of Sagittarius A, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, according to the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of...
The first image of our Galaxy’s supermassive black hole, released earlier this month, has already begun to explain some enduring mysteries about the heart of the Milky Way. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription...
Black-hole haven: artist's impression of the Milky Way Astronomers in Japan say they have the best evidence yet that intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) exist – and what’s more, there could be one in the Milky Way. Weighing in at 100,000 solar masses, the object is on the heavy...
JERUSALEM, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Astronomers have found BH3 is by far the heaviest known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, 33 times the mass of the Sun. An international research team found the black hole when looking into the latest data group recorded in the European Space Age...
Supermassive black hole found at center of the Milky Way Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole called Sagittatius A* at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. They say it’s pulling gas blobs into its vortex at 30 percent the speed of light. Astronomers have observed a stu...