Our galaxy's monster black hole is spitting out mysterious flares, James Webb telescope reveals
Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the James Webb Space Telescope to find out why.
Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is providing the best look yet at the chaotic events unfolding around the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, observing a steady flickering of light punctuated by occasional bright flares as material is drawn inward by its enormous gravitational pull.
James Webb telescope captures stunning image in space: Meet Leo P, a special dwarf galaxy
Scientists didn't expect that stars would be able to still form in the dwarf galaxy known as Leo P, which the James Webb Telescope recently imaged.
James Webb Space Telescope finds our Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole blowing bubbles (image, video)
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have taken a detailed look at the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sgr A*, finding it endlessly blowing bubbles.
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals stunning image of Leo P galaxy, a rare dwarf galaxy defying scientific expectations with unexpected star formation
The Leo P Galaxy has shocked scientists with new findings from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Located 5.3 million light-years away, this tiny, irregular dwarf galaxy was thought to have stopped forming stars billions of years ago.
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Flickers and flares: Milky Way’s central black hole constantly bubbles with light
Astrophysicists used the JWST to observe central supermassive black hole for 48 hours total across one year. They found the ...
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Milky Way’s central black hole is generating massive bursts of energy
At the center of the Milky Way, a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A* is never at rest. Using NASA’s James Webb ...
Celestial odd couple: Massive star and white dwarf caught in X-ray flash
Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new ...
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Trying to solve a key black hole mystery: Simulating magnetic flows around black holes
To answer these questions, JILA postdoctoral researcher Prasun Dhang, and JILA Fellows and University of Colorado Boulder ...
The Milky Way’s Black Hole Is Producing a Brilliant Light Show
NASA's flagship space telescope captured flares from the disk of superheated material around the black hole, revealing the dynamic—and explosive—physics at our galaxy's core.
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The Unstoppable Party at the Heart of the Milky Way
How active is the supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A* at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy? This is what a recent study published in The Astroph | Space ...
Largest celestial object of its kind discovered in the distant universe
Astronomers used an array of telescopes to find the most massive radio jet in the early universe. The celestial object is ...
Flickers and flares: JWST reveals Milky Way's central black hole constantly bubbles with light
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party—and it is weird, wild and wonderful.