Astronomers have developed an ingenious way to measure the magnetic field of the Milky Way using polarized light from interstellar dust grains that align themselves to the magnetic field lines.

The outer halo of the Milky Way is filled with magnetic fields that take the shape of vast donuts with diameters ranging from 12,000 to 100,000 light-years, with the heart of our galaxy at their ...

Seen in polarised light for the first time, the image above is of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way—or, rather, the magnetic field around its shadow.

"This work provides the first detailed measurements of the magnetic fields in the Milky Way's X-ray emitting halo and uncovers new connections between star-forming activities and galactic outflows," ...

The Event Horizon Telescope's famous image of Sagittarius A* may depict an artifact, raising questions about the black hole's ...

"Very little is known about what causes the formation of magnetars," researcher Kritti Sharma said. "Our work helps to answer this question." ...

Dubbed Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), this colossal black hole resides at the heart of the Milky Way ... twisted and systematically organised magnetic field enveloping the black hole.

Even our Milky Way galaxy is magnetized, and experts say it probably reverses its polarity as well. Moreover, while a severe weakening or disappearance of the magnetic field would lay us open to ...

which in turn lies within other magnetic fields stretching across the Milky Way—and perhaps even beyond. This scalar trail is long and tenuous, but it may trace all the way back through time and space ...

Researchers from Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory (NAOJ) are throwing shade at the now iconic image of the ...

The energetic streams are together 23 million light-years in length—roughly as long as 140 Milky Way galaxies ... the supermassive structure's magnetic fields and hints that it could be hiding ...

Our little piece of the Universe is contained within a vast shell of dark matter. Though the space between the few isolated stars scattered throughout this largely invisible sphere seems empty ...