Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A chain of plasmoids is created on the equatorial plane along the current sheet, where the particle density (left part) is higher.

A new initiative is emerging at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), the U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory managed by Princeton University. Under the direction of principal ...

The Hidden Power of Magnetic Reconnection When magnetic field lines are coiled and snap shut near a black hole, they reassemble in new configurations, releasing energy that accelerates particles ...