Galactic filaments are the largest known structures in the universe — vast strands of galaxies and dark matter stretching across unimaginable distances. They form what scientists call the cosmic web, ...

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The Milky Way has a broken "bone"—and it was caused by a collision with a pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star, speeding through it at some 1–2 million miles per hour. This is the diagnosis of a ...

NASA's Chandra Observatory recently captured an X-ray image that helped identify a dramatic break in one of the galaxy's longest filaments. Reading time 2 minutes A galactic filament that stretches ...

An international team of astrophysicists has discovered something wholly new, hidden in the center of the Milky Way galaxy. In the early 1980s, Northwestern University’s Farhad Yusef-Zadeh discovered ...

Large-scale magnetic filaments spill downward from a black hole's jet, located in a distant cluster galaxy. Credit: Rudnick and collaborators, 2022 Large-scale magnetic filaments spill downward from a ...

Astronomers have numerous technical terms and numbering systems for describing the universe, but one type of mysterious object has yet to be classified. For now, these oddities are named for their ...

The Coma Cluster is home to over 1,000 galaxies — and 90% of its mass is dark matter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Coma ...

A view of the center of our galaxy shows the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, where cold dust (magenta) and warmer gas and dust (cyan) surround a cluster of massive stars. The stars generate high-speed ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite of X-ray and radio data showing galactic center filament G359.13142-0.20005. | Credit ...