New research led by a Southwest Research Institute scientist identified a new source of energetic particles near the sun. These definitive observations were made by instruments aboard NASA's Parker ...

Reconnection occurs when the magnetic field lines in plasma -- the collection of atoms and charged electrons and atomic nuclei, or ions, that make up 99 percent of the visible universe -- converge and ...

The sun continuously blasts charged, magnetic field-carrying particles, or plasma, in all directions. This solar wind ...

Images captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar magnetic fields ...

New research describes striking similarity of laboratory research findings with observations of the four-satellite Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission that studies magnetic reconnection in space. As on ...

"We have kids from all walks of life," Gai said. "We have kids that are very affluent. We have kids who don't know where their next meal is going to come from." Participants in the Reconnection ...