A galactic halo is an extended, roughly spherical component of a galaxy which extends beyond the main, visible component. Several distinct components of galaxies comprise the halo: The distinction ...

The Milky Way can be seen as something of a bully, having devoured many smaller galaxies to achieve its vast mass, and ...

"The study opens up new frontiers in our understanding of the galactic halo and will help our knowledge of the Milky Way's complex and impetuous star-forming ecosystem." More information ...

"This work provides the first detailed measurements of the magnetic fields in the Milky Way's X-ray emitting halo and ...