Ultra-bright X-ray source awakens after 26 years in a galaxy not-so-far away

Ultra-bright X-ray source awakens after 26 years in a galaxy not-so-far away

A new ultra-bright X-ray source has awakened after 26 years near our galactic neighbors the Magellanic Clouds. This is the second-closest ultra-bright X-ray source to date, with brightness more powerful than a million suns. The object, called RX J0209.6-7427, was…

40 year old Magellanic Stream mystery solved

40 year old Magellanic Stream mystery solved

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have solved the 40-year-old mystery of the origin of the Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas stretching nearly halfway around the Milky Way. New Hubble observations reveal that most of this stream was stripped