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  1. Sagittarius A* - Wikipedia

    NuSTAR has captured these first, focused views of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way in high-energy X-rays. In a paper published on October 31, 2018, the discovery …

  2. The Milky Way’s Central Black Hole May Have Appeared …

    1 day ago · New research suggests that the x-ray light coming from the Milky Way’s central black hole Sagittarius A* has changed dramatically in the span of just a few hundred years

  3. NASA X-ray spacecraft reveals the shockingly violent history of the ...

    6 days ago · The NASA X-ray telescope XRISM has discovered that the Milky Way's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* has a turbulent and violent past.

  4. Black Holes in the Milky Way: The Complete List

    Jan 8, 2026 · The Milky Way holds a surprising variety of compact objects, and cataloging them helps us understand how stars live and die across the galaxy. This list focuses on confirmed …

  5. The Milky Way Is on a Collision Course with a Black Hole—It’s …

    Feb 17, 2025 · A cosmic catastrophe is slowly unfolding in deep space, and astronomers have uncovered something astonishing— a supermassive black hole within the Large Magellanic …

  6. Webb Reveals Rapid-Fire Light Show From Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

    Feb 18, 2025 · This artist’s concept portrays the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* (A-star). It’s surrounded by a swirling accretion disk …

  7. The Milky Way's black hole is hiding an explosive past, evidence …

    Jan 7, 2026 · Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space telescope shows that might not always have been the …

  8. Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) | Location, Mass, Pronunciation, & Facts ...

    Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy, located in the constellation Sagittarius and having a mass equivalent to four million Suns.

  9. The Milky Way's black hole is constantly bubbling - Science News

    Mar 5, 2025 · The black hole at the Milky Way’s heart neither slumbers nor sleeps. Instead, the ring of plasma surrounding it flickers constantly, punctuated by superbright flares, observations …

  10. NASA's Spacecraft Uncovers New Insights About Milky Way's …

    5 days ago · NASA's Spacecraft Uncovers New Insights About Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole This understanding changed when Dikerby and his team pointed XRISM toward a large …