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The furthest ever galactic magnetic field (ESOcast 267 Light)

09.06.2023 - By European Southern ObservatoryPlay

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Using ALMA, astronomers have detected the magnetic field of a galaxy so far away that its light has taken more than 11 billion years to reach us. Never before had we detected a galaxy’s magnetic field this far away. This video summarises the discovery.

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