Much of the mass in the universe lies not in stars or galaxies, but in the space between them, known as the intergalactic medium. It is warm and even hot, and is called the "warm-hot intergalactic ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Astronomers using the Australia Telescope Compact Array have mapped polarized radio filaments and wisps inside the Vela X pulsar wind nebula, with the reported polarization patterns indicating an ...

Astronomers have discovered the distant relatives of huge, highly organized magnetic filaments dangling in the center of the Milky Way, a discovery that could help scientists finally explain these ...