Galactic Rosetta Stone: Magnetic Field Study of Sagittarius C

Study Overview

University of Chicago researchers, led by PhD student Roy Zhao, conducted a groundbreaking study of magnetic fields in the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region near the center of the Milky Way. Using NASA's retired SOFIA flying telescope, the team mapped magnetic field orientations by analyzing polarized infrared light from dust grains aligned by the fields.

In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using infrared images taken from NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), they identified 300 objects that were brighter than they should be.