Astronomy

The Milky Way

The Milky Way's black hole is bubbling

On the day of March 5 2025. The black hole at the Milky Way’s heart neither slumbers nor sleeps. Instead, the ring of plasma surrounding it flickers constantly, punctuated by superbright flares, observations show.

A far away star

This is the first close up image of a star beyond our galaxy

On the day November 21 2024. Scientists have captured a zoomed in photo of a star outside of our Milky Way galaxy. The image revealed surprising details about WOH G64, a giant star that is probably dying, researchers report November 21 in Astronomy & Astrophysics.