Using machine learning to analyse data from the Event Horizon Telescope, researchers found the black hole at the centre of our galaxy is spinning almost as fast as possible ...

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

Still, she said, the two black holes are very different from one another — for one thing, the Milky Way's black hole isn't as voracious. "The one in M87 is accumulating matter at a significantly ...

For the first time, astronomers have captured an image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, confirming the presence of the cosmic object. It is 4 million times ...

Astronomers studying the Milky Way's supermassive black hole have found "compelling evidence" that could finally help explain its mysterious past. Located 26,000 light-years away in the center of ...

Milky Way black hole has 'strong, twisted' magnetic field in mesmerizing new image. March 28, 2024 3:53 PM ET. By . Bill Chappell Enlarge this image.

The shadow of the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Vol. 930, May 10, 2022, p. L12 doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac6674.

An image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, a behemoth dubbed Sagittarius A*, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope on May 12, 2022.

The supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way Sgr A* seen in polarized light for the first time. (Image credit: EHT Collaboration) ...

Now, thanks to the Gaia mission, we have observational evidence of the largest black hole in the Milky Way outside of the supermassive one, with a mass 33 times that of the Sun.

The stellar-mass black hole is located around 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Carina-Sagittarius spiral arm of the Milky Way.Usually, such objects have companion stars, yet this one is alone.