In a new paper published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Science, the University of Toronto astronomer and his colleagues focused on two main structures in the sky: North Pole Spur and Fan Region.
Discovered in the 1960s, these structures had seemed independent of each other until now. The Arctic Spur is defined as the interstellar bubble formed by the winds of young stars and a few supernovae, while the Fan Zone is described as a region detectable by polarized radio light.
Astronomers have proposed various models to explain these two structures, but none have been able to connect the two structures. In the model created by West and his team in the new research, it was suggested that they are actually part of a huge tunnel-like magnetic field surrounding the Solar System.
West, “If we had eyes that could see radio light, we would see this tunnel-like structure in every direction when we looked at the sky.” said.
The research team created a computer model to simulate what the sky might look like from Earth under radio light. Simulation of the two structures in question “with magnetic threads” It showed that he was connected.
West estimates that these structures are located about 350 light-years from the Solar System, and that the tunnel is about 1,000 light-years long.
The team is now aiming to build more complex models in hopes of uncovering and understanding the role of this magnetic tunnel in the galaxy.
“Magnetic fields are not isolated. They must all be connected,” says West.
“The next step is to better understand how this local magnetic field connects to both the larger-scale galactic magnetic field and the smaller-scale magnetic fields of the Sun and Earth.”
Source: Independent Turkish, Futurism, ScienceAlert
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