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A first glimpse at the Galaxy's magnetic field in 3D

 
A paper led by Dr. Vincent Pelgrims was published in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal on April 23.
It presents the largest 3D map to date of the plane-of-sky component of the magnetic field, obtained from starlight-polarization based tomography.
The scientific paper can be read here [https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202349015], the press release from the Institute of Astrophysics-FORTH can be read here [https://www.ia.forth.gr/news/1122], and that of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (in French) here [https://actus.ulb.be/fr/presse/communiques-de-presse/recherche/cartographier-le-champ-magnetique-en-3d-lunivers-sous-une-autre-dimension].
 
 
A video showing the reconstructed map is available here: