A binary system 18,000 light-years away, emits X-rays as a Sun-like star orbits a dense companion, either a neutron star or black hole. Telescopes like Chandra, IXPE, and XMM-Newton capture its ...

Hubble’s image of the Large Magellanic Cloud reveals a cotton candy-like cloudscape using light our eyes can’t see, like ultraviolet and infrared. The result is both beautiful and informative. NASA ...

The interstellar medium in our Milky Way galaxy is magnetic, can be compressed, and is turbulent. It affects important ...

The Hubble Space Telescope image of the Tarantula Nebula's outskirts shows colorful stars, billowing gas clouds, and thick ...