Good fortune and cutting-edge scientific equipment have allowed scientists to observe a Gamma Ray Burst jet with a radio telescope and detect the polarisation of radio waves within it for the first time—moving us closer to an understanding of what causes the universe’s most powerful explosions.
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https://phys.org/news/2019-06-astronomers-polarised-radio-gamma-ray.html