Atoms that measure magnetic fields could lead to new quantum sensors
A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a new way to measure the orientation ...
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Astronomers detect missing ingredient in cooking up stars—magnetic fields
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Twisted magnetic fields in space sculpt the jets of black holes and baby stars
By studying the fastest jet ever seen erupting from an infant star, astronomers have discovered that the mechanism that ...
NASA X-ray telescope Chandra discovers black holes 'blow' on their food to cool it down
Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause ...
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See The Milky Way's Sagittarius A* Black Hole In An Amazing Polarized Event Horizon Telescope Image
Image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has ...
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Strange flashes from ancient galaxy deepen mystery of fast radio bursts
Unusual detection bolsters evidence that the mysterious signals can be caused by different astrophysical events.
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Scientists detect mid-infrared flare from Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Known as Sgr A* – pronounced “Sagittarius A star” – the supermassive black hole is four million times the mass of the sun and is known to exhibit flares that can be observed in multiple wavelengths, ...
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Mid-Infrared Flare Spotted From Milky Way's Black Hole
A team of scientists including the University of Toronto's Bart Ripperda and Braden Gail - assistant professor and graduate student, respectively, at ...
Planet formation favors the metal-rich inner Milky Way, suggest scientists
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...
Astronomers Capture Supermassive Black Hole Plasma Jets at Birth
Plasma jets erupting from a supermassive black hole in galaxy 1ES 1927+654 provide new insights into jet formation.
7 unseen images of Space captured by NASA
The ring-shaped clouds around the nebula RCW 120 were detected by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in this composite image. The Black Eye Galaxy is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million ...
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Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting Toward Siberia and Raising Questions About Unusual Movement
Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant implications for navigation ...