The new technique to analyze magnetic fields reveals events that occurred on the Tagish Lake meteorite (IMAGE)

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The new technique to analyze magnetic fields reveals events that occurred on the Tagish Lake meteorite

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The new technique to analyze magnetic fields reveals events that occurred on the Tagish Lake meteorite. Electron microscope image (left), a magnetic flux distribution image (middle), and a color-wheel map image (right) of magnetite particles from the Tagish Lake meteorite. The red arrows and white arrows indicate the directions of the magnetization vectors and the direction of the magnetization, respectively. (Yuki Kimura, et al., The Astrophysical Journal Letters, August 11, 2021)

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Yuki Kimura, et al., The Astrophysical Journal Letters, August 11, 2021

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