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Stunning Image Shows Milky Way-like Galaxy's Vast X-shaped Magnetic Field
Astronomers detected rare and never-before-seen structures in the galaxy's magnetic field including a helix-shaped featured and two vast "superbubbles."
Incredible X-Ray Map of the Universe Like You've Never Seen It Before
"This all-sky image completely changes the way we look at the energetic universe," said researcher Peter Predehl.
Flash From Black Hole Milky Way's Heart Lit up Vast Stream of Gas
"The flash was so powerful that it lit up the stream like a Christmas tree," said researcher Andrew Fox.
Highly Energetic Superflares Detected on Extremely Hot Stars
Superflares are explosions up to 10,000 times more energetic than the typical solar flares that our sun produces.
Winds of 1,500 MPH Recorded on 'Failed Star' 33 Light-Years Away
"While we have long been able to directly probe the winds of the bodies in our own solar system, we've had to conjecture what they're like in other kinds of bodies," researcher Peter Williams said.
Cannibal 'Umbrella Galaxy' That Ate Neighbor Revealed in Spectacular Pic
NGC 4651 is sometimes referred to as the "Umbrella Galaxy" due to a faint umbrella-shaped structure that surrounds it.
NASA Scientists Observe the Most Energetic 'Quasar Tsunamis' to Date
Observations from NASA's Hubble telescope show these outflows contain, on average, 10 times more energy than previously thought.
Wandering Black Holes Found Less Than a Billion Light Years from Earth
Mergers with other galaxies may have knocked the black hole in dwarf galaxies off-center, creating "wandering" black holes.
Giant Planet Detected Around White Dwarf Star for First Time
Intriguingly, the Neptune-like planet is is about four times bigger than the star itself.
Three Supermassive Black Holes Discovered at the Heart of One Galaxy
"Up until now, such a concentration of three supermassive black holes had never been discovered in the universe," Peter Weilbacher, from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, said.
Astronomers Snap Incredible Image of the Milky Way's Galactic Center
The center of our galaxy is located around 26,500 light-years away from Earth.
Vast 'Peacock-Shaped' Cosmic Clouds Spotted by Astronomers in Nearby Galaxy
The latest findings could have important implications for our understanding of how massive stars form.
The Center of the Milky Way Exploded 3.5 Million Years Ago
Researchers estimate that the explosion lasted for approximately 300,000 years.
There's a Huge Void at the Edge of the Milky Way and It's Getting Bigger
Astronomers have cast new light on a huge, empty expanse of space that surrounds our galaxy known as the Local Void.
Astronomers Spot Something Surprising Around a Supermassive Black Hole
The black hole is located at the center of the spiral galaxy NGC 3147 around 130 million light-years away from Earth.
This Baffling Black Hole Is Way Smaller Than Scientists Thought
The findings expand our knowledge of black holes and the galaxies within which they are often found.
NASA's Hubble Captures Bizarre Galaxy Hurtling Towards The Milky Way
Messier 90 belongs to a vast collection of more than 1,200 galaxies known as the Virgo Cluster, which has a diameter of 15 million light-years.
The Milky Way Is 'Twisted' and 'Warped'
"We usually think of spiral galaxies as being quite flat."
An 'Invisible Galaxy' May Be Hiding in the Milky Way
Scientists think that at the heart of nearly every galaxy lies a supermassive black hole (SMBH) with immense gravity.
It Turns Out We're Living in a 'Zombie' Galaxy
Our galaxy has "died" once before and we are now in its second life, according to a new hypothesis.
Hubble Captures Spectacular Image of Early Universe
The image features around 15,000 galaxies, the oldest of which dates back to 11 billion years ago.
Supermassive Black Hole Discovered in a Tiny Galaxy
The galaxy belongs to a recently discovered, rare and unusual class of stellar systems known as ultracompact dwarfs.
NASA's Most Spectacular Space Images
From jaw-dropping pictures of interlacing galaxies to man's first steps outside of Earth, these are NASA's most incredible images so far.
Einstein's General Relativity Works in a Distant Galaxy
The study has proved the theory holds beyond the Milky Way.
Gaia's Best Pictures of The Milky Way Revealed
They were created using data from nearly 1.7 billion stars.
Just Like Humans, Galaxies Get Rounder As They Age
Widening waistbands are truly universal.
Galaxies Merge in Stunning Butterfly Formation
Competing winds from black holes and stars wrestle to give this galaxy its strange butterfly shape.
Images Capture Dust Rings Around Young Stars
The discs contain gas, dust and even young planets that are still in the process of forming as the building blocks of planetary systems.
Stunning Images from Our Galactic Neighbor
The pictures have helped researchers to identify an elusive object, known as an isolated neutron star, outside our own galaxy for the first time.
Thousands of Infant Galaxies Discovered
The galaxies were around in the early stages of the universe, 13 billion years ago.