(Nanowerk News) Magnetic fields exist everywhere in the Universe, but what role do they play in the evolution of cosmic objects? In their detailed data of the nearby galaxy IC 342 from observations ...

IC 342 is a challenging cosmic target. Although it is bright, the galaxy sits near the equator of the Milky Way’s galactic disk, where the sky is thick with glowing cosmic gas, bright stars, and dark, ...

Let's visit another galaxy in the mostly stark constellation Camelopardalis - which, although it is unexciting to naked-eye viewers, is an area of sky that contains some interesting, if somewhat ...

NASA's Picture of the Day highlights the splendor of IC 342, a hidden spiral galaxy nestled in the vast expanse of the Camelopardalis constellation. Captured by astrophotographer Steve Cannistra, this ...

Explore IC 342 spiral galaxy, a stunning sight veiled by dust, unveiled by the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared light. [Over the past few weeks, I've collected a metric ton of cool pictures to ...

Magnetic fields exist everywhere in the Universe, but there is still little idea how important they are for the evolution of cosmic objects. Rainer Beck from MPIfR (Bonn, Germany) gathered a huge ...

A spiral galaxy's starlight and delicate pattern of dust evoke a bright, swirling spider web in space in a newly released image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Captured in infrared light, the ...

Like insects trapped in a spider's web, these bright blue stars sit in our own Milky Way, between us and another spiral galaxy. Captured in infrared light by Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope, this ...

Astronomers making a detailed, multi-telescope study of a nearby galaxy have discovered a magnetic field coiled around the galaxy's main spiral arm. "This study helps resolve some major questions ...