"Magnetic Massive Stars Spotted Beyond Our Galaxy for the First Time"

For the first time, magnetic fields have been detected in three massive, hot stars in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, providing a unique opportunity to study star formation and evolution in galaxies with young stellar populations. This discovery, achieved using the FORS2 spectropolarimeter on the Very Large Telescope, offers crucial insights into the role of magnetic fields in the early universe and the formation of neutron stars and black holes.