Hubble Sees Magnetic Monster in Erupting Galaxy
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 13:35
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's 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.