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  1. #ParkerSolarProbe was in the right place at the right time in September 2022: It passed through a magnetic reconnection region in the Sun's corona. #SolarOrbiter observed the event from a distance. Study led by #SwRI in @NatureAstronomy

    See the #MPSGoettingen press release "Flying through “Magnetic Construction Site” in the Sun's Corona" at

    mps.mpg.de/flying-through-magn

    #NASA #Parker #SolarProbe #ESA #SolarOrbiter #Sun #SolarPhysics #Flare #SolarFlare #MagneticReconnection #Space #SouthwestResearchInstitute

  2. First-principles theory of the rate of #MagneticReconnection in magnetospheric and solar plasmas: nature.com/articles/s42005-022 / First-Principles Theory of the Relativistic #Magnetic #Reconnection Rate in Astrophysical Pair Plasmas: arxiv.org/abs/2301.12111 -> The Tiny Physics Behind Immense Cosmic Eruptions - a new theory describes how particle interactions fuel fast magnetic reconnection, the process behind solar #flares and other astrophysical #jets: quantamagazine.org/the-tiny-ph