Animation: Magnetic Field Instabilities in Galactic Center's Jets (VIDEO)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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An animation showing magnetic field instabilities in two jets of radiation and matter beaming from a supermassive black hole (center). The magnetic field (white) is twisted by the black hole's spin.

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Berkeley Lab, Purdue University

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