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j_rankin
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dont ridicule me cos im no scientist and im relatively new to astronomy, but i had a funny thought pop into my head and i'd like someone to tell me why it's not possible, so here goes:<br /><br />Does magnetism have any affect over interstellar distances? In one galaxy there might be alot of iron, which is being pulled in towards a bigger galaxy with more iron. <br />As more iron is created within a galaxy, the greater the magnetic attraction would be. Ie, as more magnetars got created, the magnetic charge of the galaxy would increase, and the attraction to a more iron rich galaxy would increase.<br /><br />Or perhaps if a galaxy's direction of magnetism faced a tangent to a cluster of galaxies it would be repelled and forced out.<br /><br />Anyway.......why isn't this the case? Please explain.