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Magnetic Chaos Hidden Within the Whirlpool Galaxy
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Re: Magnetic Chaos Hidden Within the Whirlpool Galaxy
Why do they call it chaos? Seems like it shows order...
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Re: Magnetic Chaos Hidden Within the Whirlpool Galaxy
"Radio telescopes previously detected neatly-drawn magnetic fields throughout the length of the galaxy’s massive arms. But under SOFIA’s infrared gaze for the first time those lines give way to a chaotic scene in the outer spiral arms. Using a far-infrared camera and imaging polarimeter instrument called the High-Resolution Airborne Wideband Camera, or HAWC+, researchers found that the magnetic fields in the outskirts of the galaxy no longer follow the spiral structure and are instead distorted."
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