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Magnetic lines in space?

Fozzie
in Astronomy and Cosmology

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On the BBC's Science page "Herschel space telescope captures birth of stars" which can be found at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8416263.stm Palab Gosh (BBC Radio Science) who has a science degree from Imperial College narrates a short video where he states that stardust is seen "forming into clumps along magnetic lines". He goes on to talk about "magnetic eddys" when describing how the dust forms a new star.

 

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought it was gravity that did the "clumping"! :confused:

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