Environmental

New All-Sky Map Shows The Magnetic Fields Of The Milky Way With The Highest Precision

Skymap of the Milky Way
The sky map of the Faraday effect caused by the magnetic fields of the Milky Way. Red and blue colors indicate regions of the sky where the magnetic field points toward and away from the observer, respectively. The band of the Milky Way (the plane of the galactic disk) extends horizontally in this panoramic view. The center of the Milky Way lies in the middle of the image. The North celestial pole is at the…

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