So the north magnetic pole is where the earth's
magnetic field lines pull toward the planet, acting like the south pole of a bar magnet.
Not exact matches
That means, the team reports in an upcoming issue of The Astrophysical Journal, that the masers are following
magnetic field lines, and therefore
magnetic fields are controlling the star's evolution by
pulling away material that otherwise would have been captured by the star's gravity.
On the other hand, if the electrons are
pulled apart, the
magnetic force becomes dominant, but so weak in absolute terms that it's easily drowned out by ambient
magnetic noise emanating from power
lines, lab equipment and the earth's
magnetic field.
A study published in 2014, which also used VANDAM data, found that the material being
pulled toward one young star is twisting the
magnetic field lines and changing their configuration along the way.