Twisted magnetic field around newborn star confirms decades-old jet theory

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array have captured the first direct, high-resolution images of a magnetic field tightly wrapped around gas streaming from a forming star. Phys.org reports this observation solves a decades-old puzzle about how young stars create powerful jets.

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