The giant bubbles of hot gas blown out from the center of our Milky Way galaxy are far more complex than previously believed, a new study suggests. The discovery could finally explain how these 36,000 ...

The background image shows the Orion nebula taken by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. Orion’s Veil shell is toward the center of this image, and the callout from this area shows a map of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Cygnus X is about 4,500 light-years away in the constellation ...

Astronomers have spotted something remarkable hiding in the depths of the Milky Way—a nearly perfect circle formed from the debris of an exploded star. Known as Teleios, from the Greek word meaning ...

The Fermi bubbles may have started life as jets of high-energy charged particles MINNEAPOLIS — Bubbles of radiation billowing from the galactic center may have started as a stream of electrons and ...

A striking image of an enormous bubble blown into the dusty gas disk of our own Milky Way galaxy has won first place in the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s second annual Radio Astronomy Image ...

Astronomers have discovered new properties of the giant lobes of gas called eRosita bubbles that extend far out from the center of our galaxy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

WASHINGTON and SEATTLE, Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of tiny holes, Orion's Veil — a bubble of gas and dust — is breaking sooner than expected, and SOFIA was the only observatory that ...