Despite residing in one of the galaxy's most extreme star-forming environments — just 200 light-years from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* — and containing vast reserves of molecular gas, ...

We all know that black holes can devour stars, rip them apart and consume their remnants. But that only happens if a star ...

A cluster of young stars forms a Christmas tree-like shape, filled with blue and white stars ... in the constellation Ursa Major. The Black Eye Galaxy, also known as Messier 64, shines with ...

its bright churning "nuclear bar" of stars, and a stellar ring — despite possessing one of the most violent supermassive black holes ever seen in a spiral galaxy.

As it turns out, stars aren't the only entities providing feedback in NGC 4941. At the heart of this galaxy lies an active galactic nucleus: a supermassive black hole feasting on gas. As the black ...