Pioneering 3D view of near-Earth magnetic 'dance'

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A diagram illustrating the null-null line observed by Clusters four spacecraft in the Earths magnetotail on 1 October 2001. Credits: Inset: Chinese Academy of Sciences (C. Xiao) background: NASA
A diagram illustrating the null-null line observed by Cluster’s four spacecraft in the Earth’s magnetotail on 1 October 2001. Credits: Inset: Chinese Academy of Sciences (C. Xiao), background: NASA

Scientists have obtained the first-ever 3D picture of interconnected magnetic ‘dances’ in near-Earth space, known as magnetic reconnection events.


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