Dazzling New Milky Way Map Shows How Magnetism Shapes Our Galaxy

An image of interstellar dust moving through the Milky Way’s magnetic field may help scientists learn more about the origin of galaxies

D. Paré, K. Karpovich and D. Chuss/Villanova University ; Three-color background image also uses data from European Space Agency , Herschel Space Observatory and South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and MeerKAT Radio Telescope

and its magnetic field offers scientists an unprecedentedly detailed look into the forces that powered our galaxy’s emergence. Researchers around the world spent four years gathering and combining telescope data that show how interstellar dust 500 light-­years from Earth interacts with the galaxy’s magnetic field. The resulting map is the first to depict the field with such clarity at this resolution, says the project’s principal investigator, Villanova University physicist David T. Chuss.

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