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Milky Way’s magnetic fields

Sky map of Faraday effect caused by magnetic fields of Milky Way

A sky map of the Faraday effect caused by the magnetic fields of the Milky Way. Red and blue colours indicate regions of the sky where the magnetic field points towards and away from the observer, respectively.

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Rights: Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.
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