Perhaps these strings pertain to a warp drive super highway
"And, while Yusef-Zadeh already knew the filaments are magnetized, now he can say magnetic fields are amplified along the filaments, a primary characteristic all the filaments share."
Yup - definitely related to warp drive tech ;)
Warp drive contrails.
While type 0 civilizations grapple with chemtrails, type 3 civilations grapple with magtrails.
Tendrils of intergalactic mind control drugs! Wake up space-shaliens!