A new study claims to have found evidence of large magnetic fields long believed to exist as a 'cosmic web' within our universe.
Despite the fact that our universe is electrically neutral, atoms found throughout the universe can be positively charged nuclei or negatively charged electrons. When these charges accelerate, they create magnetic fields. As such, these fields can be found just about anywhere,
Magnetic fields are found everywhere within our universe. Image source: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Rosario Acknowledgement: L. Shatz
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