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The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party—and it is weird, wild and wonderful.

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Northwestern astrophysicists gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the ...

John Kounios is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Drexel University. He is co-author of The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain (Random House, 2015) and ...

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead ...

Mark Carney’s campaign for the Liberal leadership has raised $2 million as the deadline passed for candidates to make the final payment needed to stay in the race. Four others are vying for the ...

Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago. Over a thousand scrolls were found ...