Check Out the Milky Way’s Magnetic Fingerprint
Above you can see the first ever all-sky observation of polarized light emitted by interstellar dust in the Milky Way. It represents the galaxy’s magnetic fingerprint. The data was acquired by the ESA’s Planck satellite. The European Space…
This Is the Clearest Infrared Panorama of the Milky Way Ever Captured
April 4, 2014
The above picture is probably the best thing I have seen all week (other than maybe the last episode I watched of “Boardwalk Empire.”), The image is the clearest infrared panorama of the Milky Way ever captured. Mind you the image is quite…