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What makes Mars' magnetotail flap? Two spacecraft point to magnetic reconnection
- April 20, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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The sun continuously blasts charged, magnetic field-carrying particles, or plasma, in all directions. This solar wind interacts with the magnetic fields and atmospheres of several of our solar system's planets and other bodies, sculpting long magnetic tails of charged particles—magnetotails—that stretch into space behind them.
Originally published at Phys.org