New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

Researchers from Columbia University and Breakthrough Listen, a scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of ...

For decades, scientists have theorized that the Milky Way Galaxy’s supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), ...

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. See W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of X7 ...

Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to ...

Our Milky Way galaxy may not have a supermassive black hole at its center but rather an enormous clump of mysterious dark ...

What if the Milky Way’s central “black hole” isn’t a black hole at all? A new model proposes that an ultra-dense dark matter core could mimic its gravitational pull.

There's no denying that something massive lurks at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, but a new study asks whether a ...

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: ...

Previous observations of stars whipping around an unseen mass—especially a bright star called S2—have pointed to an object ...

There is a lot we have yet to understand about the center of the Milky Way—could it be due to a mass of invisible dark matter?

At the center of our galaxy, something incredibly heavy is pulling the strings. Stars ...