Monster Magnetic Lobes Blow From Galactic Core

Monster Magnetic Lobes Blow From Galactic Core

When discussing magnetic fields, images of the sun’s coronal loops or simulations of Earth’s magnetosphere may come to mind. But now, astronomers have observed the effects of a supersized magnetic field extending tens of thousands of light-years inside the two huge gamma-ray ‘bubbles’ that were discovered projecting from the top and bottom of the Milky Way two years ago.