In magnetic reconnection, adjacent magnetic field lines break and snap together to form new lines. This process converts ...

A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters reveals new insights into the triggering mechanisms of solar ...

In a new study, Iowa physicists propose that interplanetary magnetic field rotation could help explain why Mars became the ...

A twisting, whirling streamer of plasma escaping the sun in the aftermath of a coronal mass ejection (CME) has been captured on video by the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter, and could provide ...

A survey of high-speed electron flow observed by NASA satellites in the Earth’s magnetotail is presented and related to the process of magnetic field line reconnection and particle acceleration.

The relative motion of such waves and injected particles along magnetic field lines induces ... conversion into particle energy by magnetic reconnection. Radial diffusion may also help to supply ...

Our research group at LASP has built, or is currently building, electric field and wave instruments on five NASA missions including, FAST (Earth's aurora), THEMIS (Earth's magnetosphere), RBSP ...

Research teams have established a theoretical method for designing smooth curved wall surfaces with variable cross-section shock tubes, and developed an integrated, high-intensity multifunctional ...