However, these interstellar magnetic fields are extremely weak. In the Milky Way's galactic magnetic field, the force is so weak that a standard compass would be virtually useless. Although a ...

One side effect of the magnetic field shift is slight but primarily beneficial: It can help shield Earth from galactic cosmic rays — high-energy subatomic particles that travel at near light ...

With evidence pointing to serious kidney challenges, careful planning will be needed to keep crews healthy on space journeys ...

Galaxies like the Milky Way boast more than spirals; they also have feathers, where clumps of new stars are born. Astronomers ...

Their rapid spin and intense magnetic fields cause the pulsars to emit narrow ... It also establishes the 2-dimensional galactic plane—the plane in which the majority of our disc-shaped ...

An international team of researchers used multi-wavelength observations of active galactic nuclei to study how black holes ...

This radiation is the result of the emission by charged particles moving at velocities close to that of light within the Galactic magnetic field. These maps, the result of almost 9,000 hours of ...

Structure and function of the kidneys are altered by spaceflight, with galactic radiation causing permanent damage that would ...

However, these interstellar magnetic fields are extremely weak. In the Milky Way’s galactic magnetic field, the force is so weak that a standard compass would be virtually useless. Although a ...