Mapping the magnetic bridge between our nearest galactic neighbours
Friday, May 12, 2017 - 13:02
in Astronomy & Space
For the first time, astronomers have detected a magnetic field associated with the Magellanic Bridge, the filament of gas stretching 75 thousand light-years between the Milky Way Galaxy's nearest galactic neighbours: the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC, respectively).