Magnetic filaments (IMAGE)

Northwestern University

Magnetic filaments

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A mosaic radio image of the Milky Way galaxy's center with the background removed to isolate the magnetic filaments. The filaments are large, vertical slashes throughout the image.

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Farhad Yusef-Zadeh/Northwestern University

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