Light therapy is more than just an aesthetically appealing skin treatment (though the "looks cool on social" vibes are an added bonus)—it comes with many proven benefits for treating your most ...

The infrared observatory has captured a nonstop, chaotic light show of flickers and dramatic flares from the gas and dust captured by the black hole’s enormous gravity. “It is always bubbling ...

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An artist’s illustration depicts the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*. It’s surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of hot gas and dust.

(CNN) — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spied dynamic flares of light near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The constant, rapid-fire ...

Its supermassive black hole, dubbed Sagittarius A*, is surrounded by a swirling mass of gas and dust called an accretion disc. Sagittarius A* is just 26,000 light-years from Earth — relatively ...

Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) The black hole at the center of our ... Webb’s gaze can see some of the universe’s earliest light, but it also can reveal new details ...

Accretion disks are also the main light source from a black hole. At only 26,000 light years away from Earth, Sagittarius A* is one of the few black holes that scientists can observe to watch the ...

Yusef-Zadeh said capturing light at two wavelengths is like "seeing in color instead of black and white." By observing Sagittarius A* at multiple wavelengths, he captured a more complete and ...