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The furthest ever galactic magnetic field (ESOcast 267 Light)

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Sep 6, 20231:30Science & Medicine

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...

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The furthest ever galactic magnetic field (ESOcast 267 Light) is an episode from ESOcast SD by ESO. 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 reac...

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Published Sep 6, 2023, 1:30 long, audio available.

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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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Published Sep 6, 2023 and 1:30 long