Detected in galaxy M82—better known as the Cigar Galaxy and one of the easiest to see with a backyard telescope at this time ...

Astronomers believe they have found a rare, massive flare that erupted from an extremely magnetic dead star, or magnetar, ...

Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stellar remnants called neutron stars that ...

While ESA's satellite INTEGRAL was observing the sky, it spotted a burst of gamma-rays—high-energy photons—coming from the ...

While ESA's satellite INTEGRAL was observing the sky, it spotted a burst of gamma-rays -- high-energy photons -- coming from the nearby galaxy M82. Only a few hours later, ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray space ...

Astronomers recently used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), which is located ...

This starburst galaxy, also known as Messier 82 (M82), has a compact but turbulent environment at its core that could give scientists a clearer picture of how stars are born en masse, and how ...

On the left is the starburst galaxy M82 as observed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 2006. The small box at the galaxy’s core corresponds to the area captured so far by the NIRCam (Near ...

A team of astronomers has used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82). Located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, this galaxy ...

Bolatto The starburst galaxy M82 has been a popular target for observatories like the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. Now, a team has turned the new James Webb Space Telescope toward this ...