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Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have, for the first time, measured the alignment of magnetic fields in gigantic clouds of gas and dust in  the Triangulum Galaxy M33, which presented the astronomers with a bird’s eye view of its disk. The pink blobs are regions containing newly formed stars. Their results suggest that such magnetic fields play a key role in channeling matter to form denser clouds, and thus in setting the stage for the birth of new stars.