Simulation of Collapsed Stellar Core Shows Key to Building Powerful Magnetic Fields (IMAGE)

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Simulation of Collapsed Stellar Core Shows Key to Building Powerful Magnetic Fields

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This is a visualization of the strong, ordered magnetic field built up by dynamo action in the core of a rapidly rotating, collapsed star.

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Moesta et al./Nature

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