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IceCube Neutrino Observatory Unveils First-Ever Image of Milky Way Using Ghostlike Neutrinos

In a groundbreaking discovery, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has captured an extraordinary image of our Milky Way galaxy using elusive particles called neutrinos. The observatory, operated by an international team of over 350 scientists known as the IceCube Collaboration, has published their findings in the...

WALLABY survey builds an intergalactic map in the Outback

A radio telescope in remote Western Australia is contributing to the creation of a three-dimensional map of the night sky. It mapped nearby galaxies up to a billion light years away. The WALLABY (The Widefield ASKAP L-band Legacy All-sky Blind surveY) Pilot Survey, will share...

Huge extragalactic structure found hiding behind the Milky Way

According to a new study, a little-studied region of the sky may be hiding a big surprise. Scientists at Argentina's National University of San Juan have discovered what appears to be a new galactic cluster by probing the so-called "zone of avoidance." Of course,...

Astronomers discover closest black hole to Earth

Astronomers announced on Friday that they had discovered the closest known black hole, almost but not quite in time for Halloween. It's a big deal, a yawning void ten times the size of the sun, orbiting as far away from its own star as...

Discovery of plasma loading mechanism of radio jets launched from black holes

Galaxies, including our Milky Way, contain supermassive black holes with masses millions to billions of times greater than the sun. Some supermassive black holes produce radio jets, which are fast-moving plasma outflows that emit strong radio signals. Radio jets were discovered for the first time...

Researchers find the source of gamma rays in a small neighboring galaxy

According to a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of researchers has discovered a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way filled with dark matter. However, the emissions are more likely the result of millisecond pulsars blasting out cosmic particles. The magenta...