A planet’s magnetic field can help shield it from cosmic rays, stellar winds and other harmful radiation
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Winds and magnetic fields can align to create stars at ridiculous rate
NASA’s airborne observatory has shown how galactic winds and magnetic fields could explain why the Cigar Galaxy is creating stars at an impressive rate
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Magnetic fields manage a black hole’s feeding time
Magnetic fields have been seen to manipulate the material surrounding a black hole by observing the nearby galaxy Cygnus A
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Astronomers conduct simulations of ‘pulsar in a box’
These new simulations reveal the mad movements of electrons and positrons caught in the intense magnetic field of the pulsar
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Magnetic fields found to strongly influence star formation
Using supercomputer simulations, this astronomer was able to understand how magnetic fields interact with stellar winds in star forming clouds
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Astronomers watch the Sun through a microwave lens
Observing the Sun’s microwave emission has revealed new information about the star’s solar flares
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Peering inside the Pillars of Creation
A new study explores how these iconic columns are influenced by the magnetic fields within them
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Why do planets have magnetic fields?
How do swirling liquids in a planet’s core help create a protective magnetosphere?
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Astronomers discover what’s powering Mercury’s magnetic tail
Models and simulations have provided strong evidence that Mercury’s plasmoids could be accelerating electrons from the Sun
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Alcohol could reveal the nature of cosmic magnetic fields
Analysing methanol molecules using radio astronomy can reveal how magnetic fields affect the formation of massive stars
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Juno Update: Latest results at Jupiter baffle astronomers
After almost a year of observing the gas giant, fascinating and complicated findings have been uncovered
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Kepler learns more about stars as it watches the Pleiades’ stellar dancers
Astronomers have long wondered what determines the rotation rates of these stars