Missing wind from Milky Way’s giant black hole finally found

Science history: On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star, dubbed M31-V1, was key to showing that the universe extended far beyond the borders of the Milky Way.

Astronomers discover a 'Great Wave' spreading across the Milky Way in new map of thousands of stars

Stars that brush past black holes live longer, stranger lives after their close encounters with death. Survivor stars can live billions of years longer than normal, carrying chemical fingerprints of their violent encounters with the Milky Way's black hole.