Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Northwestern astrophysicists gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the ...

A new James Webb Space Telescope study finds that Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's central black hole, constantly emits light from its swirling accretion disk. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf ...

Astronomers have spotted displays of flashing lights and “fireworks” near a supermassive black hole at the center of the ...

NASA's flagship space telescope captured flares from the disk of superheated material around the black hole, revealing the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is providing the best look yet at the chaotic events unfolding around the supermassive ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party—and it is weird, wild and wonderful.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spied dynamic flares of light near the supermassive black hole at the ...

Scientists observed constant flares from the Milky Way's black hole, revealing unpredictable and intense activity.

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

Astrophysicists have observed our central supermassive black hole. They found the accretion disk is constantly emitting flares without periods of rest. Shorter, faint flares and longer, bright flares ...

The supermassive black hole in the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy, Sagittarius A*, constantly emits flares like fireworks.