New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

For decades, scientists have theorized that the Milky Way Galaxy’s supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), ...

There's no denying that something massive lurks at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, but a new study asks whether a ...

Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to ...

The object at the Milky Way’s center has long been treated as a settled case: a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A* weighing about four million Suns and anchoring the galaxy’s structure. Now ...

Our Milky Way galaxy may not have a supermassive black hole at its center but rather an enormous clump of mysterious dark ...

What if the Milky Way’s central “black hole” isn’t a black hole at all? A new model proposes that an ultra-dense dark matter core could mimic its gravitational pull.

There is a lot we have yet to understand about the center of the Milky Way—could it be due to a mass of invisible dark matter?

Researchers are finding out more about a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, discovering that it has been leaking gases for several thousand years and is not the sleeping ...

Sagittarius A* flickers every hour, making it a challenging target for telescopes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The James Webb ...

At the center of our galaxy, something incredibly heavy is pulling the strings. Stars ...

Sagittarius A* may be a dense dark matter core instead of a black hole, offering a new explanation for the Milky Way’s central gravity.