Sentences with phrase «see magnetic reconnection»
The differential rotation of the Sun's latitudes causes its magnetic field lines to become twisted together over time, causing magnetic field loops to erupt from the Sun's surface and trigger the formation of the Sun's dramatic sunspots and solar prominences (see magnetic reconnection).
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They plan to examine data from other instruments on MAVEN to see if escaping particles map to the same regions where they see reconnected magnetic fields to confirm that reconnection is contributing to Martian atmospheric loss and determine how significant it is.
To see whether these are generated by the same process as happens on the sun — the breaking and reconnection of magnetic fields (pictured above)-- astronomers studied light from 100,000 stars using China's Guo Shouiing Telescope.
Eventually a process called magnetic reconnection destabilizes the fields, resulting in the explosive release of the stored energy we see as a flare.