The universe is full of galaxy clusters, but Able 2261 is in its own class. In the galaxy in the center of the cluster, where the largest supermassive black hole in the universe should be, astronomers have not been able to locate such an object. And the new discovery only …
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If you can zoom in and see the solar system from a distance, you’ll see that at least one thing in the picture is correct: the planets are more or less arranged in a flat plane, orbiting the sun around the equator. This is called an eclipse, and is thought …
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The galaxies are already very large, with billions upon billions of stars orbiting supermassive black holes. But that’s not where their influence ends. The vast, spherical charge of gas surrounds the galaxy, reaching farther than the main population of stars, somewhat like the atmosphere of a galaxy. Hubble observations from …
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The center of the Milky Way glows. Yes, there’s a big chonkin ‘black hole, and it’s a very energetic region, but there’s an extra high energy, gamma ray glow, above the activity we know about, and it’s something that still to be explained. This glow is called the Galactic Center …
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There’s a lot going on in the center of our galaxy. The core of the Milky Way is home to a supermassive black hole as massive as 4 million Suns named Sagittarius A *, and the surrounding environment is intense. Blowing from this region is a nuclear galactic wind. It …
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