Sagittarius A*

The black hole of our Milky Way as seen in polarized light. Astronomers have for the first time been able to measure polarity, a hallmark of magnetic fields, so close to the rim of Sagittarius A*. The lines added to the image indicate the direction of polarization, which is related to the magnetic field around the shadow of the black hole. Credit: EHT Collaboration

Strong magnetic fields surround the Milky Way's central black hole

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The central region of the Milky Way galaxy as photographed by the Sobro telescope. The image shows many stars in a field of view that is about 0.4 light-years wide. The star S0-6 (in the blue circle), the subject of this study, is about 0.04 light-years from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (in the green circle). Credit: Miyagi University of Education/NAOJ

Across Time and Space: A Mysterious Star's Epic Journey to the Center of the Milky Way

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Research by an international team led by Shugo Nishiyama at Miyagi University shows that some of the stars closely circling the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy may have come from a greater distance than previously thought, completely
A multi-wavelength view of the surroundings of the supermassive black hole SgrA* (yellow X). In the red of the stars, in the blue of the dust. Many of the young stars are hidden by the dust or absorbed by the bright stars. Credit: Florian Peissker / University of Cologne

Stellar surprise: A fountain of youth at the center of our galaxy 'should be impossible'.

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Researchers have discovered that the star cluster IRS13 near the supermassive black hole SagittariusA* at the center of our galaxy is much younger than predicted
Diagram of filament flows from Sagittarius *A, the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Photo: Farhad Yusef-Zada/Northwestern University

Mysterious undertones at the center of the Milky Way

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An international group of astrophysicists discovered something completely new, hidden in the center of the Milky Way galaxy
This is the first photograph of Sagittarius A* the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. This is the first direct visual evidence of the presence of this black hole. Until now, it has been recognized for its influence on the stars close to it. The black hole was imaged using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an array that joined together eight existing radio observatories around Earth to create one virtual "Earth-sized" telescope. The telescope is named after the event horizon, a nickname for the boundary of the black hole beyond which no light can escape. Credit: EHT Partnership

Astronomers reveal for the first time a "radio snapshot" of the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way

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First image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy Sagittarius A* (Sagittarius Ai Kochav) which until now has been studied for its effect on other stars, this time we can see its event horizon. photographed
Milky way illustration: depositphotos.com

Close range with the black hole at the center of the Milky Way

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Photographing the event horizon of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way is within reach in a few years * The diameter of the black hole that has consumed 4 million suns - barely reaches the orbit of Mercury
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