The Magnetic Heart of the Milky Way

A new map of the center of the Milky Way galaxy reveals details of its magnetic fields

A Famous Black Hole Gets a Second Look From Astronomers

Repeated studies of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy Messier 87 confirm that it continues to act as Einstein’s theory predicted it would.

Galaxies in the Early Universe Were Shaped Like Bananas, Study Suggests

Images from the Webb telescope suggest that newborn galaxies look weirder than expected. Exactly how screwy was physics at the dawn of time?