Sunday, June 8, 2014

Move Over, Gravity: Black Hole Magnetic Fields May Have Powerful Pull

Move Over, Gravity: Black Hole Magnetic Fields May Have Powerful Pull:

Artist rendering of a supermassive black hole. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Artist rendering of a supermassive black hole. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.
It’s oft-repeated that black holes are powerful gravity wells, because they represent a dense concentration of matter in one location. But what about their magnetic fields? A new study suggests that this force could be at least as strong as gravity in supermassive black holes, the singularities that lurk in the center of many galaxies.

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