galactic center
Stellar density peak
The galactic center is the rotational center of a galaxy—the point around which all its stars orbit.
In discussions of our own Milky Way, it refers to the dense region in the direction of Sagittarius, about 26,000 light-years from Earth, where a supermassive black hole anchors the galaxy's structure: Radio telescopes can peer through cosmic dust to observe the galactic center.
Colossal singularity centering galaxies
- Milky WayGalaxy containing Earth
- event horizonBlack hole's edge
- singularityPoint where values explode
- gravitational pullAttractive force between masses
dark matter · radio waves · infrared · spacetime curvature · tidal forces · telescope · observatory · astrophysics
Something hard to fathom
- unknownNot yet discovered
- dark matterLightless cosmic mass
- voidWithout legal effect
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
anomaly · hidden · obscured · dust clouds · uncharted · invisible · unexplored · veiled
Emitting or reflecting light
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- glowingGiving off steady light
- intenseExtreme in degree
- energeticHaving much vigor
blazing · radiation · emissions · illuminated · incandescent · powerful · beaming · high-energy
supermassive black hole
Colossal singularity centering galaxies
- Milky WayGalaxy containing Earth
- event horizonBlack hole's edge
- singularityPoint where values explode
gravitational pull · dark matter · radio waves · infrared · spacetime curvature · tidal forces · telescope · observatory · astrophysics · star cluster
enigma
Something hard to fathom
- unknownNot yet discovered
- dark matterLightless cosmic mass
- voidWithout legal effect
abyss · anomaly · hidden · obscured · dust clouds · uncharted · invisible · unexplored · veiled · shrouded
luminous
Emitting or reflecting light
energetic · blazing · radiation · emissions · illuminated · incandescent · powerful · beaming · high-energy · gamma rays
- spacespace, sun, moon, stars, star
- cosmic matterstars, dark matter, planets, cosmic dust, asteroids
- galaxy partsspiral arms, spiral arm, nucleus, bulge, disk
- astronomystars, moon, sun, planet, planets
- space objectsstar cluster, nebula, planet, quasar, star
- Black Holesevent horizon, singularity, Schwarzschild radius, supermassive black hole, event horizons
galactic centerintergalactic space
Region between galaxy clusters
center, central, galaxy, galactic, galaxies, intergalactic, extragalactic