Hubble telescope sees magnetic monster in erupting galaxy

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 14:21 in Astronomy & Space

Hubble Space Telescope has found an answer to 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 of the influence of the immense tentacles of extragalactic magnetic fields, say scientists...

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