Sgr A* Mmmmm, donut illusion A donut on the Moon leads to a brain-bending optical illusion. By Phil Plait 1 week ago Incredible images as astronomers see material swirling around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole for the very first time! Images show material just above The Point Of No Return. By Phil Plait 1 month ago A weird blob that survived a close pass with a huge black hole is actually three stars enshrouded in dust G2 isn't one dust cloud, it's three, each with an embedded star. By Phil Plait 5 months ago Amazing new images show stars flung around by the Milky Way's enormous central black hole Watch stars move under the influence of a supermassive black hole. By Phil Plait 6 months ago Why does our black hole have a flaring temper? Sgr A*, our supermassive black hole, keeps flaring, and we could soon find out what sets it off. By Elizabeth Rayne 7 months ago Don't panic, but we're 2,000 light years closer to the Milky Way's central black hole than we thought By Phil Plait 1 year ago The fastest star in the galaxy has been found, and yeah, it’s really *really* fast By Phil Plait 1 year ago Einstein's hand reaches out from a black hole and torques a star's orbit By Phil Plait 2 years ago Does our galaxy's huge black hole have a little black hole buddy? By Phil Plait 2 years ago Astronomers find a star dive-bombing our galaxy's supermassive black hole By Phil Plait 2 years ago Load More
Mmmmm, donut illusion A donut on the Moon leads to a brain-bending optical illusion. By Phil Plait 1 week ago
Incredible images as astronomers see material swirling around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole for the very first time! Images show material just above The Point Of No Return. By Phil Plait 1 month ago
A weird blob that survived a close pass with a huge black hole is actually three stars enshrouded in dust G2 isn't one dust cloud, it's three, each with an embedded star. By Phil Plait 5 months ago
Amazing new images show stars flung around by the Milky Way's enormous central black hole Watch stars move under the influence of a supermassive black hole. By Phil Plait 6 months ago
Why does our black hole have a flaring temper? Sgr A*, our supermassive black hole, keeps flaring, and we could soon find out what sets it off. By Elizabeth Rayne 7 months ago
Don't panic, but we're 2,000 light years closer to the Milky Way's central black hole than we thought By Phil Plait 1 year ago
The fastest star in the galaxy has been found, and yeah, it’s really *really* fast By Phil Plait 1 year ago
