Astronomers detect a galaxy’s magnetic field 11 billion light years away

Using the ALMA radio telescope in the Atacama desert, Chile, astronomers have detected the magnetic field of 9io9 a galaxy so far away that its light has taken more than 11 billion years to reach us. The discovery gives us new clues as to how galactic-scale magnetic fields are formed, which in turn can in turn influence how later generations of stars will form.
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[jimmij]

So how did they detect this magnetic field?

[Dexamemi]

Looks a lot like the black hole images...

[wendydunn]

We have a magnetic field around our planet and magnetics play a very large part in our lives and we will find out more as we navigate through Quantum Energy and new inventions will come with this.

[FishHeadSalad]

If Bible god created everything about six thousand years ago, How can anything be 11 billion years old? Checkmate, astronomers!