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Farhad Zadeh Makes New Discoveries in Milky Way Magnetic Filaments

February 11, 2022

fahad-yusef-zadeh-.jfifPhysics and Astronomy professor Farhad Yusef-Zadeh has made a thrilling new observation of the center of the Milky Way, revealing a structure of nearly 1,000 mysterious strands up to 150 light-years long.

Building on his previous work from the 1980s, observing highly-organized, magnetic filaments in the Milky Way galaxy, Professor Zadeh and his team have captured a new telescope image that reveals 10 times more filaments than previously discovered.

You can read more about Professor Zadeh’s research and work in Northwestern Now.

Congratulations Farhad, on this outstanding discovery!