The sheer magnitude of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is difficult for the human mind to fully grasp. Its 105,700 light-year width also makes it just about as difficult to capture with a camera. But ...
Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides ...
For better images, the European Southern Observatory can combine four optical telescopes. Now, thanks to laser technology, a ...
The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is located at the Hat Creek Observatory in the Cascade Mountains of California, approximately 300 miles to the north of San Francisco and two dozen miles north of ...
A new mapping of our galaxy has just revealed cosmic landscapes never seen before—a Milky Way with supernatural colors that ...
CTAO Science Data Management Centre on the DESY campus in Zeuthen, Germany. Credit: DESY. Zeuthen, Germany – On 14 October 2024, the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO), along with hosting ...
Researchers using new simulations suggest that the Milky Way’s past collisions may have reshaped its dark matter core. This ...
Scientists have detected gamma rays from the Crab Nebula, the most famous of supernova remnants, using a next-generation telescope that opens the door for astrophysicists to study some of the most ...
China has put forth a proposal to construct a large radio telescope array on the far side of the moon. For the last few years, concepts have been floating around of establishing a telescope on the ...
Using CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron, researchers generated plasma fireballs to simulate blazar jets. The beams stayed ...