Scientists have discovered more clues about the birth of fast radio bursts (FRBs) emitted from distant galaxies whose origins ...

The spiral arms of nearby galaxy Messier 81 is captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. This galaxy is easily visible ...

This list of commonly confused terms in astronomy will help you better understand the cosmos and the common phenomena we see in the sky.

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.

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 ...

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

Is there something strange and alien confined deep inside the Earth? Is it trying to break free and escape into the heavens?

This is not surprising if FRB progenitors are magnetars. Neutron stars are the collapsed cores of massive stars that have ...

Although our galaxy's supermassive black hole is relatively placid, the center of the Milky Way wherein it ... and the powerful magnetic fields around supermassive black holes can be PeVatrons.