25 May 2020
Clashing galaxies may have triggered Solar System formation says new study
.... But it is a possible scenario because the age of the Sun is consistent with a star formed as a result of the Sagittarius effect.” And Sagittarius is not done yet with causing a commotion. Existing data suggests that the dwarf galaxy might...
31 October 2018
Black hole status of the Milky Way centre confirmed with striking new data
... within twenty billion kilometres of the black hole. "We were closely monitoring S2, and of course we always keep an eye on Sagittarius A*," explained Pfuhl. "During our observations, we were lucky enough to notice three bright flares from around the...
09 August 2019
Is the Milky Way's black hole waking up?
...centre of our galaxy, our resident black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A* for short) is usually a quiet ..., 26,000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. It would be over 40 years later however before more concrete...
17 December 2021
New study shows that 99.9% of the mass at the centre of our galaxy is due to black hole
... measurements yet of the motions of stars around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre ...Although scientists had long suspected that this compact radio source, known as Sagittarius A* or Sgr A* for short, was indeed a black hole,...
03 April 2017
Milky Way black hole search begins
...-seen-before image of the event horizon surrounding the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy – Sagittarius A*. These two international radio telescopes have now been joined by the Atacama Large Millimetre/Submillimetre array...
09 August 2017
Stars orbiting Sgr A* hint at relativistic effects
... located 26 000 light-years from Earth, resides at the centre of our Milky Way. Although the existence of Sagittarius A* (or Sgr A* for short) was inferred much earlier, it is these details – its mass and distance – that have...
