Astronomers have uncovered a strange magnetic “flip” hidden inside the Milky Way. Using a new radio telescope, researchers ...

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New observations and simulations by a team of researchers led by MPE reveal that a massive binary star near our galaxy's center is responsible for creating a series of enigmatic gas clouds—compact gas ...

Zoom into the Milky Way's Sagittarius A* black hole Watch this amazing animation. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., ...

WSJ reports from the epicenter of deadly turf wars over lucrative drug corridors that have plunged Colombia into its worst violence in decades. Photo: Eve Hartley CATATUMBO, Colombia—Violent militias ...

On a 12-hour drive across Iran, Associated Press reporters saw a religious center damaged by an airstrike and billboards vowing revenge against America and Israel. But for most of the trip, they saw ...

A new analysis has found that seven competing descriptions of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, all leave the standard black hole picture intact when matched ...

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“A World Appears” explores what makes you you. Credit...By Daniel Savage Supported by By David Eagleman David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford University and the author of eight books, most ...

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