"Dusty Magnets: A Closer Look at the Milky Way"

An international team of astronomers, as part of the FIREPLACE project, has produced a celestial image revealing previously unseen details of the central Milky Way, including magnetic field lines and jets of hot ionized gas. The image, created using infrared light polarization measurements aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, offers insights into the role of magnetic fields in the cycle of stellar birth and death, potentially guiding the development of new astronomical exploration and theories.