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Monster magnets support lovely space lace pattern

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Giant magnetic tentacles are the force that keeps a lacy pattern of glowing gas filaments in the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1275 from evaporating in the surrounding hot gas or collapsing under the weight of their own gravity, British astronomers said on Wednesday. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/scienceNews?a=HLj0WX"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/scienceNews?i=HLj0WX" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=15xBFK"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=15xBFK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=FeF5ak"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=FeF5ak" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?a=MMSHqk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/scienceNews?i=MMSHqk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~4/370417229" height="1" width="1"/>