Massive black hole might have spontaneously ‘flipped’ its magnetic field - The Indian Express

Magnetic reversals are likely to be common events in the cosmos, with geological records showing the Earth's field unpredictably reversing a few times every million years.

A rare outburst from a galaxy over 236 million light-years away could have been caused by a spontaneous flip of the magnetic field surrounding its central black hole, according to a study by an inter… [+3367 chars]

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