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Scientists unravel galactic spaghetti monster

Started by Rick, Aug 29, 2008, 13:59:33

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Aug 29, 2008, 13:59:33
Scientists believe they have deduced what sustains the noodly appendages of a galactic "spaghetti monster" - actually Galaxy NGC 1275 in Perseus - which displays "a mammoth network of spaghetti-like gas filaments around a black hole"...

More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/21/galactic_spaghetti_monster/

New Scientist: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14573-magnetic-fields-explain-galaxys-giant-tendrils-of-gas.html?feedId=space_rss20
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