Milky Way's Black Hole Revealed

Astronomers from the Canadian Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics have just put forth the most compelling evidence to date that a supermassive black hole is located at the core of the Milky Way. They argue that the large amounts of matter, energy and light that are vanishing in the middle o... [ read more >> ]

This image pictures the core of the Milky Way, as seen by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image comment: This image pictures the core of the Milky Way, as seen by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image credits: Q D Wang et al / UMass Amherst / CXC / NASA

This image pictures the core of the Milky Way, as seen by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory