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: ...

Japanese astrophysicist Tomonori Totani claims gamma rays from the Milky Way may be the first direct evidence of dark matter, ...

For years, the center of our galaxy has been painted as a place where stars go to meet their end — a region ruled by Sagittarius A*, a black hole so massive that its gravity can stretch, tear, and ...

James Webb Space Telescope observes mid-infrared flare from Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*, revealing flare evolution, synchrotron cooling, and magnetic field measurements.

NASA’s Fermi telescope has found a gamma-ray halo at the Milky Way’s centre matching predictions for dark-matter annihilation ...

Nearly a century after astronomers first proposed dark matter to explain the strange motions of galaxies, scientists may finally be catching a glimpse of it. A University of Tokyo researcher analyzing ...

A team of astronomers say they've made the first ever detection of dark matter by examining gamma rays near the center of the ...

Stars usually form in clusters, which can also form in pairs or groups. Binary clusters (BCs) are defined as pairs of open ...

Colorado winters in the mountains are beautiful, but not every view can be seen during the day. There are times at night when the full moon illuminates a surreal snowscape, creating beautiful shapes ...

Scientists have detected an unusual gamma-ray halo around our Milky Way galaxy. This signal, observed by NASA's Fermi ...

Dark matter has never been directly observed in action, as it does not emit, absorb, or reflect light, which makes dark matter invisible to conventional telescopes. A team of researchers, led by ...

NASA’s Webb Telescope has revealed four spiralling dust shells around a rare triple-star system named after the "God of Chaos ...