The smaller, intermediate mass black hole was likely derived from the Sausage Galaxy, which collided with the Milky Way 10 ...

While it was getting ready to power down its Gaia spacecraft, the European Space Agency encountered some unusual resistance.

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

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

Scientists suspect lightweight dark matter might ionize hydrogen in the Milky Way’s core. This could also explain the 511-keV x-ray signal.

New infrared observations of Sagittarius A* uncover flaring activity in its accretion disk, advancing knowledge of black ...

Astronomers suggest there's a giant "star grinder" lurking at the center of the Milky Way, churning up star systems.

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery near the center of our Milky Way galaxy—long, thin “space tornadoes” made of ...

I study stellar and gas dynamics near massive black holes, with applications to our Galactic center, the Andromeda (M31) nucleus and post-starburst galaxies. I'm also interested in the strange orbits ...

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