These observations provide direct evidence of magnetic reconnection in a three-dimensional configuration and reveal its origin. Figure 1: Overview of the 17 January 2012 solar flare and CME ...

Reconnection occurred in the following ... the amplification of magnetic fields through these secondary three-dimensional magnetic and fluid wiggles known as the dynamo effect.

Thanks to ESA's Cluster satellites they detected an electric field thought to be a key element in the process of "magnetic reconnection." Plasma physicists have made an unprecedented measurement ...

Magnetic reconnection could be the Universe's favorite way to make things explode. It operates anywhere magnetic fields pervade space--which is to say almost everywhere. On the sun magnetic ...

Michael Cheadle and Barbara John, both UW professors of geology and geophysics, contributed to a paper titled “Three-Dimensional Magnetic Stripes Require Slow Cooling in Fast-Spread Lower Ocean Crust” ...

The authors believe that when that spot of reverse polarity snaps back to match the polarity of the surrounding region, called magnetic reconnection, it releases a burst of energy that produces ...

The spectacular solar storms that paint the polar skies in beautiful greens and pinks have a darker side: They have the power to wreak havoc on our electrical grid, communication systems and ...