Astronomers have determined that the Milky Way's outer halo is filled with "magnetic donuts" that are as wide as 100,000 light-years. The discovery could shed light on how cosmic magnetic fields ...

Every new generation of eyes sees a new version of our galaxy, the Milky Way. This Impressionistic swirl of color represents the churning magnetic fields in giant dust clouds near the center of ...

“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 ...

Whereas previous efforts to measure stellar magnetic fields beyond the Milky Way have failed, thanks to FORS2, the team was able to conduct spectropolarimetry for five massive stars in the LMC and ...

New image of Milky Way black hole shows a spiraling magnetic field The polarized light image gives us a "new view of the monster lurking at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy," according to the ...

First images of Milky Way’s black hole released 02:13. Astronomers have discovered powerful "twisted" magnetic fields spiraling around the black hole that sits at the center of the Milky Way ...

WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Astronomers on Wednesday announced that they have detected a strong and organized magnetic field twisted in a spiral pattern around the Milky Way's supermassive ...

Astronomers unveil strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky Way's central black hole. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 03 ...

The magnetic field of the Milky Way’s black hole has been pictured for the first time. Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is the black hole in the middle of our own galaxy, and the new image reveals a ...

The magnetic field surrounding the behemoth black hole at that galaxy's center, known as M87*, is thought to play a key role in its dramatic behavior: The black hole launches a powerful jet of ...

He adds, "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 ...