The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous line stretching across the night sky, composed of ...

It has taken a million CPU hours, thousands of antennas, and the patience of a doctoral researcher to stitch together the ...

A group of astronomers headed by Paulo Cortes, a scientist at the U.S. National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy ...

From across the Milky Way galaxy, something has been sending out signals. Every two hours or so, a pulse of radio waves ripples through space-time, appearing in data going back years. Now a team of ...

Event Horizon Telescope data reveal the magnetic field around M87* shifted, weakened and then flipped, defying theoretical expectations.

Scientists have for the first time mapped both a spiral gas streamer and its magnetic field as they channel material onto the ...

Scientists have known for decades that many animals use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation. It's less clear how they do it. A new study suggests earthworms may be a good way to figure it out.

A new radio portrait of the Milky Way blends big-picture and high-detail surveys, exposing star nurseries, supernova debris, ...