Our understanding of the galaxy has advanced with every leap in the number of stars. From early observations to more and more advanced space and ground-based telescopes, each milestone has revealed ...

The universe is full of oddities and formations that range from magnetars to solar systems with four stars. One of those oddities is the stellar trio, where two stars orbit each other and then a third ...

For several years, astronomers have observed small dense gas clouds falling toward the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* ...

Via UCLA Galactic Center Group: An animation of the stellar orbits. Images taken from the years 1995 through 2016 are used to track specific stars orbiting the proposed black hole at the center of the ...