When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Source: john finney photography/Getty Images Scientists have long wondered why the hot soup of charged particles in the Sun’s atmosphere gets hotter as it moves away from the Sun’s surface. New research may provide the answer, finding that the… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. The Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back a steady stream of scientific data from unexplored regions for the first time since a computer glitch sidelined the historic NASA mission seven months ago. Voyager 1, currently… Read More »
New research has revealed that the secrets of the Sun’s magnetic field, which has remained a mystery for four centuries, may be close to its surface. The sun’s magnetic field is responsible for producing dark spots called sunspots, explosive solar flares, and even explosive eruptions called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). However, since astronomers began investigating… Read More »
The universe’s most extreme stars just got a little more unexpected and mysterious. Scientists were astonished to witness a “dead” neutron star with one of the strongest magnetic fields in the universe unexpectedly come to life. The reactivation of this highly magnetic neutron star, or “magnet,” does not fit with the current understanding of these… Read More »
Event Horizon Telescope Allegation: A photo shared online in March 2024 shows the first image in polarized light of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Evaluation: Rating: True Context: The photo showed the first image in polarized light of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.… Read More »
Astronomers have captured the first image of magnetic fields and polarized light surrounding Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the heart of Milly Way. Historic observation with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has revealed that regular magnetic fields bear similarities to the fields surrounding the supermassive black hole at the heart of… Read More »
The Milky Way is our galaxy, but how well do we really know it? A team led by Villanova University researchers as part of a NASA-funded project has obtained a never-before-seen image of the central engine at the heart of our galaxy. A new map of this central region of the Milky Way, which took… Read More »