By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long ...

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists discovered that the Milky Way 's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), is constantly streaming out flares without respite.

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 ...