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Ep. 635: Jets: When Magnetic Fields Fling Things

Astronomy Cast

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Using a Sixth Grador, Wire Batteries and a Tiny Magnet

Sam draging fervan other thing. So you've got matter moving at high speed, crushed together, heated up to enormous temperatures,. starting to undergo more exotic processes like fusion, but ionization of these particles. They're moving in circles around whatever object theyar orbiting. This is generating a electricity, magnetic fields and complex physics. The iet is then taking this raw material and hurling it away from the accretion disk. And what i love is is, at the most simplistic level, this is something you can do with a sixth grador, wire batteries and a tiny magnet.

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