The Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Galaxy may be "warping the spacetime surrounding it into ...

Researchers have found that the supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*, is spinning so rapidly that it is altering the fabric of space-time around ...

By looking at radio waves and X-ray emissions, a team of physicists has found the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* to be spinning— and altering space-time around it.

A* and how it is bending space-time around it. Image source: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss The researchers estimate that the Milky Way’s black hole is spinning at 60 percent of its maximum possible speed.

A supermassive monster lurks at the center of our galaxy, and astronomers have now discovered that it’s spinning so fast it’s warping the very fabric of spacetime into a football shape.

Black holes twist the very fabric of space and time, bending light cones so drastically that time and space swap roles, transforming the horizon from a place into a moment, and the center into an ...

The fabric of space and time is wrinkly and warped. Gravity tugs on this fabric, causing indents and wiggles—some of which are observable to humans as gravitational waves.When two black holes ...

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Warp drives have been a dream of sci-fi nerds and theoretical physicists alike for decades now. Able to transport ship and crew vast distances across space without subjecting those onboard to the ...

According to black hole expert Dr. Becky Smethurst, an observer would see you frozen in time if you fell into a black hole—and you'd be "spaghettified." ...

A black hole is a terrifying concept, but the mysterious nexus of physics and space-time isn’t always gobbling up matter. While famous for devouring anything and everything in its gravitational ...

“This rare event provides an opportunity for astronomers to observe a black hole’s behavior in real time, using X-ray space telescopes XMM-Newton and NASA’s NICER, Chandra and Swift,” said Dr. Lorena ...