Astronomers have discovered a pair of young stars near the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. Studying them can offer a rare glimpse into how stars can endure — at least briefly — the immense gravity exerted by such cosmic behemoths.

Just on the outskirts of a supermassive black hole roughly 4 million times more massive than the sun, a pair of stars locked in a dance is thriving. Astronomers discovered the duo orbiting Sagittarius A*,

An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. It is the first time a stellar pair has been found in the vicinity of a supermassive black hole.

New analysis techniques and decades-old research helped NASA scientists identify an unusual black hole in a distant galaxy.

A binary star system is orbiting close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.