Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* has been sonified by SYSTEM Sounds. Credit: ...

Observations from the Event Horizon Telescope may reveal a secret merger in our supermassive black hole's past, potentially explaining the cosmic monster's unusual spin.

As NASA reports, two astronomers working with raw Webb data the space agency periodically makes available to researchers, ...

In summer, we face toward the Milky Way's hub in the Teapot constellation, home to the galaxy's supermassive black hole.

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have witnessed high-speed "burps" erupting from a distant overfeeding supermassive black hole.

Related: Facts about Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. Mystery filaments wrap around the heart of our galaxy. The researchers used ALMA to track molecules, ...

An international team of physicists discovered the largest-ever merger of 2 black holes through a phenomenon known as ...

But the Milky Way’s black hole, ... Studying supermassive black holes such as Sagittarius A* will help scientists learn more about how galaxies evolve over time and how they congregate in vast ...

These are rare occurrences—scientists estimate that the giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy gobbles a star ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a close neighbor to the Milky Way, may house a giant black hole. It's the closest supermassive black hole outside of our galaxy. NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce reports.