Astronomers produced the most detailed map yet of a galactic bone's magnetic field. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers ...
Polarised light from dust grains in the ancient galaxy 9io9 revealed its magnetic field. Image: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/J. Geach et al. A team of scientists looking at a faraway galaxy using the Atacama ...
With a unique new all-sky map, scientists at MPA have made significant progress toward measuring the magnetic field structure of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail. Specifically, the map is of a ...
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are part of an international team that has pooled their radio observations into a database, producing the highest precision map to date of the ...
An ancient structure appeared to a telescopic array in the Chilean highlands, but astronomers don’t yet fully understand what they’ve discovered. Researchers found the oldest case of a galactic ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Amid the roilings of the Milky Way, immense pockets of gas coalesce into clouds where stars are born. In this process, there is a hidden ...
A view of the center of our galaxy shows the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, where cold dust (magenta) and warmer gas and dust (cyan) surround a cluster of massive stars. The stars generate high-speed ...
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LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, July 23, 2008–Mining the far reaches of the universe for clues about its past, a team of scientists including Philipp Kronberg of Los Alamos National Laboratory has proposed ...