Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is the black hole in the middle of our own galaxy, and the new image reveals a strong and organised magnetic field for the first time. Astronomers think the photo could be ...

The picture was taken by a network ... but the fact that Sgr A* has a magnetic field like M87* suggests that there could be jets in our galaxy’s black hole, too. “There's this really exciting ...

Its role may be to stiffen the arms of the galaxy and hold them in place. By determining the polarization of incoming radiation radio telescopes have shown how the field is oriented in space By ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists from Beihang University in China have detected a phenomenon typically associated with Earth's magnetic field 100,000 kilometres (62,000 miles) beyond our ...