These flares interact with molecular clouds—gas clouds where stars form—in our galaxy's center through the process of fluorescence. As the X-ray light travels, it illuminates slices of the ...
This image indicates the location of the newly discovered binary star D9, which is orbiting Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. It is the first star pair ever ...
"We now have the capability to resolve stars that were previously outside of our capability ... magnified stars in the Dragon Arc galaxy, according to the Center for Astrophysics.
This star-studded stellar census comes from a string of observations that aim to systematically explore globular clusters located towards the center of our galaxy NGC 6652 lies in our own Milky Way ...