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Oh, I totally get the usual reason. But as an astronomer, when I look up at the night sky, I think about how all that glowing stuff was assembled by gravity, wi
by greglindahl 10y ago
Oh, I totally get the usual reason. But as an astronomer, when I look up at the night sky, I think about how all that glowing stuff was assembled by gravity, with magnetism playing a supporting role by driving the Balbus-Hawley instability in accretion disks[1].
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetorotational_instability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetorotational_instability
- cobbzilla 10y agoI agree, gravity does create its most beautiful artwork at the cosmic scale.