Magnetized threads weave spectacular galactic tapestry
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UMass/Q.D. Wang; Radio: NRF/SARAO/MeerKAT Threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields are weaving a tapestry of energy at ...
Tag: Astrophysics
UMass Amherst astronomer reveals never-before-seen detail of the center of our galaxy
New image made using NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory hints at previously unknown interstellar energy source at the Milky Way centerCredit: ...
Gravitational wave search no hum drum hunt
Scientists refine the search for enigmatic continuous grav wavesCredit: Mark Myers, OzGrav/ Swinburne University The hunt for the never before ...
Deep oceans dissolve the rocky shell of water-ice planets
Credit: S. Speziale/ GFZ What is happening deep beneath the surface of ice planets? Is there liquid water, and if ...
NASA’s Roman mission to probe cosmic secrets using exploding stars
Credit: Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab? NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see thousands ...
Similar states of activity identified in supermassive and stellar mass black holes
Credit: Teo Muñoz Darias/Juan A. Fernández Ontiveros The researchers Juan A. Fernández-Ontiveros, of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) in ...
Candid cosmos: eROSITA cameras set benchmark for astronomical imaging
An overview and performance assessment of the seven cameras of eROSITA, a space x-ray telescope launched in 2019Credit: P. Friedrich, ...
Probing deeper into origins of cosmic rays
Simulation model provides first step in developing algorithms to enhance detection methods.Credit: Salvatore Buonocore WASHINGTON, May 25, 2021 -- Cosmic ...
Mapping the local cosmic web
Dark matter map reveals hidden bridges between galaxiesCredit: Hong et. al., Astrophysical Journal UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new map ...
Plasma jets reveal magnetic fields far, far away
Radio telescope images enable a new way to study magnetic fields in galaxy clusters millions of light years awayCredit: Modified ...
ALMA discovers the most ancient galaxy with spiral morphology
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), T. Tsukui & S. Iguchi Analyzing data obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers found ...
Hubble tracks down fast radio bursts to galaxies’ spiral arms
Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, Alexandra Mannings (UC Santa Cruz), Wen-fai Fong (Northwestern) IMAGE PROCESSING: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Astronomers using NASA's ...
Chandra discoveries in 3D available on new platform
Credit: NASA/CXC/Brown Univ./A. Dupuis et al. A collection of the 3D objects from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is now available ...
Not all theories can explain the black hole M87*
Scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration use data which produced the first image of a ...
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