Observations from the ALMA telescope array uncovered evidence of giant space tornadoes at the core of our galaxy.

The CMZ is a region of clouds rich in dust and molecular gas that roils around the galactic nucleus. It measures up to 2,000 ...

HH 49/50 is one of these impact sites. It was nicknamed the "Cosmic Tornado" due to its dramatic, swirling shape. Spitzer's ...

Astronomers find strange, tornado-like filaments of gas rotating around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, revealing ...

Deep in the galaxy’s central molecular zone (CMZ), surrounding the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center, clouds ...

Learn how ALMA gives astrophysics a front row seat to dynamic forces that shape the galaxy, called space tornadoes.

Astronomers have revealed that "space tornadoes" are swirling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky ...

"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has solved the 19-year mystery of the "Cosmic Tornado," a strange, twisteresque object ...

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array — a group of dozens of radio telescopes in the Chilean desert and the ...

Swirling through the Milky Way's central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core of ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled an awe-inspiring celestial spectacle of a spiral galaxy interacting with a ...