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The Second Most Energetic Cosmic Ray Ever Found
"Oh My God," someone must have said in 1991 when researchers detected the most energetic cosmic ray ever to strike…
Webb’s Infrared Eye Reveals the Heart of the Milky Way
The JWST is taking a break from studying the distant Universe and has trained its infrared eye on the heart…
The Tarantula Nebula Shouldn’t Be Forming Stars. What’s Going On?
The Tarantula Nebula is a star formation region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Tarantula is about 160,000 light-years away…
These New Computer Simulations of the Sun are Hypnotic
It's almost impossible to over-emphasize the primal, raging, natural power of a star. Our Sun may appear benign in simple…
New Images Reveal the Magnetic Fields in the Horsehead Nebula
A high-school student and an international team of astronomers created the first-ever map of the Horsehead Nebula's magnetic field.
Meteorites Store a Magnetic Memory of the Early Solar System
Magnets are a handy tool for finding meteorites, but they can also erase vital clues about the early solar system.
The Crab Nebula Looks Completely Different in X-Rays, Revealing its Magnetic Fields
An international team of astronomers has created the most accurate map to date of the Crab Nebula's magnetic field, revealing…
Even the Largest Structures in the Universe Have a Magnetic Field
The cosmic web is filled with magnetic fields, and we are starting to observe them at last.
A Fast-Moving Star is Colliding With Interstellar gas, Creating a Spectacular bow Shock
A star speeding through gas and dust has much to teach us about interstellar dynamics.
A Supermassive Black Hole Just Flipped its Entire Magnetic Field
Astronomers may have seen the magnetic field of a black hole undergo a magnetic reversal.