Hubblecast 18: Hubble sees magnetic monster in galaxy

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Uploaded by on Aug 21, 2008

The Hubble Space Telescope has solved a long-standing puzzle by resolving giant but delicate filaments shaped by a strong magnetic field around the active galaxy NGC 1275. It is the most striking example so far of the influence of the immense tentacles of extragalactic magnetic fields.

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  • i like the music :o

  • a skeletal structure made of magnetic field?

  • nope, Just stating my opinion.

  • How do you know? Are you Dr. Jay?

  • no...

  • :)

    :D

  • I can't seem to find Hubblecast 17 ... can someone link me to it?

  • Magnetism on a galactic scale ... and here I would have thought that magnetism became substantially weaker over greater distances ...

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