Prof. Bryan Gaensler Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics The University of Sydney Magnets in the Sky Stern und Weltraum / Beck et al. / Hubble.

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Prof. Bryan Gaensler Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics The University of Sydney Magnets in the Sky Stern und Weltraum / Beck et al. / Hubble Heritage

Magnets painetworks.com; retrevo.com; © Bluejay & Cardinal ; Yosemite / wikipedia / bharatech.com ; Southwestern Medical Center; D. Reed

Magnets in Nature © Worldprints.com / USGS Alaska Science Center

Invisible Magnetic Fields

The Earth’s Magnetic Field © Peter Reid, 2007

The Magnetic Milky Way © 2000 Axel Mellinger; Carl Heiles

Magnetism in Galaxies Stern und Weltraum / Beck et al. / Hubble Heritage

Why Does Cosmic Magnetism Matter? Hubble Heritage; Simon Swordy / NASA; 2MASS / IPAC

How Do Galactic Magnets Survive? ATNF / Swinburne University; SHASSA / NSF Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)

Radio Waves CXC / S. Lee; CSIRO / ATNF

Faraday Rotation Philipp Kronberg / Physics Today

Faraday Rotation through the LMC CSIRO ATNF; SHASSA / NSF / B. Gaensler

Interactions & Activity NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage

A Personal Perspective Flufanaca’s Collectables and Games