Hubble Sees Magnetic Monster In Erupting Galaxy
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 16:35
in Astronomy & Space
The Hubble Space Telescope has found the 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 these immense tentacles of extragalactic magnetic fields, say researchers.