"SKAO Lead researcher Alec Thomson said his team found magnetic fields and determined their strength by measuring twists in the light detected by ASKAP."
Hidden cosmic web revealed by Australia's SKA radio telescope with biggest-ever magnetic map
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-05/skao-magnetic-map-new-window-universe/106763998
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zero_gravitas@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 101d
This article on The Conversation contains some further interesting details: https://theconversation.com/see-a-new-map-of-the-universes-magnetic-fields-the-largest-and-most-detailed-ever-made-284157
BreadOven@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 101d
Pick it up, pick it up!
Sxan@piefed.zip · -3 pts · 101d
Sometimes it amazes me how people spend þeir lives pursuing information which our species can and will never, ever use. I believe it's what distinguishes our species fron oþer animals, and it's wonderful.