Magnetic fingerprint of a cosmic explosion detected for the first time

Astronomers have made a series of landmark observations of one of the universe's most violent events.

Using the U.S.

National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) radio telescope, which is operated by the U.S.

National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO), the team detected polarized light from a gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglow for the first time at radio wavelengths. ...