Monster Magnetic Lobes Blow From Galactic Core

Monster Magnetic Lobes Blow From Galactic Core

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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.