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Magnetism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09) |
 | | In diffuse, weakly ionized matter, which forms a major part of the universe, the motion of each individual charged particle is strongly controlled by the magnetic field. |
 | | In the solar "neighborhood"the region of space extending out from the Sun a distance of about 6,500 light-years, or one-eighth the diameter of the Milky Waythe strength of the magnetic field has been determined to be about 0.4 nanotesla, which is sufficient to account for the minimum radio emission between the galaxy's spiral arms. |
 | | That magnetic fields shape galaxies is supported by the close correspondence between observed magnetic fields (green arrows) and magnetic fields from supercomputer models (blue ribbons) of the interaction of two intergalactic-current filaments. |
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