The results may help scientists better understand solar magnetic fields, and they should lay to rest one long - standing uncertainty — that our sun was not a solar - type star! (sciencemag.org)
The probe may no longer be bathed in solar particles, but the galactic cosmic rays show that its surroundings are still being tugged on by solar magnetic field lines. (newscientist.com)
On Earth's dayside, magnetic reconnection takes place at the intersection of solar magnetic field lines with those of Earth's magnetic field. (britannica.com)