Remember that amazing 'first image' of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A) black hole at the heart of the Milky Way? Well, it may not be ...

Researchers from Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory (NAOJ) are throwing shade at the now iconic image of the ...

Although our local cosmic abyss, named Sgr A* (short for Sagittarius A*), resides ... scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project succeeded in 2022.The black hole's silhouette ...

The famous first picture of the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy might not be accurate, a new study has claimed.

Astronomers discover new type of star explosion – a ‘micronova’ The EHT gazed at Sgr A* across multiple nights for many hours in a row – a similar idea to long-exposure photography and the ...

At a distance of 26,000 light-years from Earth, Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A* for short, is a tiny pinprick on the sky. To discern such a target requires incredible resolution. The EHT's trick is a ...

Size comparison of the two black holes imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration: ... [+] M87*, at the heart of the galaxy Messier 87, and Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), at the centre of ...

As such, the new data suggests that the structure of Sgr A*'s magnetic fields could be a commonality among other supermassive black holes as well. Credit: EHT Collaboration Previous observations ...

More information: Makoto Miyoshi et al, An independent hybrid imaging of Sgr A* from the data in EHT 2017 observations, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2024). DOI: 10.1093/mnras ...

What does the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy look like?It's a deceptively simple question. Although our local cosmic abyss, named Sgr A* (short for Sagittarius A* ...