Astronomers find strange, tornado-like filaments of gas rotating around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, revealing ...

Observations from the ALMA telescope array uncovered evidence of giant space tornadoes at the core of our galaxy.

Feb. 19, 2025 — Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an ...

Scientists have gotten the best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling near the Milky Way's black hole. The cosmic twisters ...

Sir Stephen Fry narrates an illustrated story asking whether it's ever right to lie? This video is aimed at pupils studying ...

Baby meerkats, Daffo and Dil, who have been named in honour of Marie Curie's Great Daffodil Appeal. Photo: Mark McCormick. "The generous support we receive from the public helps Marie Curie Nurses ...

There is a supermassive black hole at the center of nearly every big galaxy—including ours, the Milky Way (it's called Sagittarius A*). Supermassive black holes are the densest objects in the universe ...

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is welcoming three new meerkats. Clover, Violet, and Dahlia are just 1.5 years old and were born in the same litter at a zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. They will live ...

Radio astronomers see what the naked eye can't. As we study the sky with telescopes that record radio signals rather than light, we end up seeing a lot of circles. The newest generation of radio ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The Henry Vilas Zoo introduced some new additions on Thursday. Four meerkat pups were born last month to mom, Poppy, a zoo spokesperson said. This is Poppy's second litter within ...