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Milky Way halo filled with doughnut-shaped magnetic fields: study
South China Morning Post· 5 days agoThe study will help determine the large-scale structure of magnetic fields in our galaxy, something...
The Seven Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Jupiter
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoIn 1610, Galileo Galilei observed Jupiter through his telescope and discovered four large moons. The...
Sun’s magnetic field may originate closer to the solar surface
WHTC 1450 Holland· 2 days agoBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sun's magnetic field, which causes solar storms like the...
Space mysteries: Do all planets have magnetic fields?
Space via Yahoo News· 3 days ago"Earth has maintained both a magnetic field and habitable surface for billions of years," O'Rourke...
Next-Generation Cosmic Observatory Hits South Pole Stumbling Block
Scientific American· 9 hours agoScientists are reeling from an unexpected blow after news that a much anticipated future...
'Death Star' black holes caught blasting powerful beams at multiple targets: Watch out Alderaan!...
SPACE.com· 1 day agoDoing so allowed the scientists to discover that jets of supermassive black holes can change...
US officials: A Russian rocket launch last week likely deployed a space weapon
Ars Technica· 22 hours ago"Just last week, on May 16, Russia launched a satellite into low-Earth orbit that the United States...
New 400,000-Pixel Superconducting Camera Offers Unprecedented View of the Cosmos
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoHistorically, superconducting cameras, while meeting these low-noise and high-sensitivity...
Astronomers measure a supermassive black hole’s spin
Astronomy Magazine· 2 days agoThis pioneering technique makes use of tidal disruption events (TDEs), which occur when a star passes too close to a black hole and is torn apart as a...
Spotted: ‘Death Star’ Black Holes in Action - NASA
NASA· 3 days agoA team of astronomers have studied 16 supermassive black holes that are firing powerful beams into space, to track where these beams, or jets, are