"... The featured image of edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 5775, observed in the CHANG-ES (Continuum Halos in Nearby Galaxies) survey, also reveals spurs of magnetic field lines that may be common in spirals. Analogous to iron filings around a bar magnet, radiation from electrons trace galactic magnetic field lines by spiraling around these lines at almost the speed of light. ..."
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The Vertical Magnetic Field of NGC 5775
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Re: The Vertical Magnetic Field of NGC 5775
Silly boy, OBVIOUSLY those are the results of collisions!
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Re: The Vertical Magnetic Field of NGC 5775
Except those are not magnetic field lines but threads of plasma filaments electrically connecting galaxy to cosmic webs which are also plasma filaments.
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