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Aug 29, 2013 · The center of the Milky Way galaxy, with the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), located in the middle, is revealed in these images. As described in our press release, astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to take a major step in understanding why material around Sgr A* is extraordinarily faint in X-rays.
May 12, 2022 · Now an international team of astronomers, including researchers at MIT’s Haystack Observatory, has captured the light around our own supermassive black hole, revealing for the first time, an image of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*, pronounced ‘sadge-ay-star’), the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy.
May 12, 2022 · 12 May 2022. Correction 20 May 2022. Black hole at the centre of our Galaxy imaged for the first time. The Event Horizon Telescope network has captured the second-ever direct image of a black hole...
May 12, 2022 · The history of Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole. Lifting the dusty veil of the Milky Way's core has taken nearly a century. By Paul Sutter | Published: May 12, 2022 |...
May 12, 2022 · The black hole, known as Sagittarius A*, appears as a faint silhouette amidst the glowing material that surrounds it. The image reveals the turbulent, twisting region immediately surrounding...
May 12, 2022 · May 12, 2022. 7 min read. The First Picture of the Black Hole at the Milky Way’s Heart Has Been Revealed. The historic image of Sagittarius A* is the culmination of a decades-long astronomical...
Apr 16, 2024 · Sagittarius A* (pronounced “Sagittarius a star”) is a compact, extremely bright point source. X-ray, infrared, spectroscopic, and radio interferometric investigations have indicated the very small dimensions of this region; the event horizon of the black hole has a radius of 12 million km (7 million miles).
