Fig. 1. Amongst the countless surprises from space in recent decades is this axial jet of galaxy M87, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1994. The coherent jet, spanning thousands of light-years, together with the galaxy’s intense synchrotron radiation, continue to baffle astronomers. But electrical theorist Hannes Alfvén had predicted galactic synchrotron radiation as early as 1950. 2