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

Scientists hope to probe the nature of general relativity through a possible pulsar found in the center of the Milky Way, ...

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

A new radio survey reveals that the Milky Way’s magnetic field is intricate, widespread, and deeply connected to how the galaxy is organized.

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.

Researchers from Columbia University and Breakthrough Listen, a scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of civilizations beyond Earth, have published new results from the Breakthrough ...

Massive stars have an outsized influence on their environment and the galaxies they call home. These behemoths have the ...

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

For many years, scientists have tried to understand how the Milky Way is positioned in space, and how it moves together with ...

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

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.