Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Northwestern astrophysicists gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

New observations using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal a "unique" ongoing, rapid-fire light show at the center of our galaxy.

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The supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy is in continuous turmoil, observations made using the James Webb ...

Scientists observed constant flares from the Milky Way's black hole, revealing unpredictable and intense activity.

Yusef-Zadeh and his colleagues observed Sagittarius A*, also called Sgr A* ... these different data sources together to form a fuller picture of the physics of the environment around the ...

Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is the black hole in the middle ... by connecting telescopes from around the world to take detailed images of black holes. This approach provided the first black hole ...

With the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have obtained a detailed study of the activity from the Milky Way's central black hole.

Using NIRCam, the US and Australian team observed the Sagittarius A* for several 8-to-10-hour periods across a year. Each observation gave them a different picture, suggesting the black hole ...

An artist's concept of Sagittarius A*, surrounded by a flaring disk of hot gas. Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) The black hole at the center of our galaxy is experiencing a ...

Sagittarius A* is also unique because it is 26,000 light years away from ... This happens a few times a day," Yusef-Zadeh tells NPR. Images of the faint flickers and big, bright flares around the ...

By observing Sagittarius A* at multiple wavelengths, he captured a more complete and nuanced picture of its behavior. Yet again, the researchers were met with a surprise. Unexpectedly, they ...