Using the world's largest solar telescope, a team of scientists has captured one of the most detailed views ever of a microflare—a small yet powerful solar explosion. The images are helping scientists ...

The first time NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has observed a big magnetic burst in the sun’s corona, this event could fundamentally alter our understanding of solar storms and their impact on Earth.

Magnetic Reconnection–driven Energization of Protons up to ∼400 keV at the Near-Sun Heliospheric Current Sheet. The Astrophysical Journal Letters , 2025; 985 (2): L38 DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ada697 ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has directly observed a powerful magnetic explosion in the sun's corona that could help us predict ...

Magnetic reconnection has also emerged as a key to another of the Sun’s enduring mysteries: why the corona heats up even as it extends farther away from the Sun.

An SwRI-led study identified particles accelerated to extremely high energies by magnetic reconnection near the Sun. As NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (trajectory shown in green) crossed the ...

The observations identify the importance of magnetic reconnection close to the sun, says Zank, of the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Magnetic snake-like energy patterns could bring scientists a step closer to solving a lingering solar mystery: how the outer atmosphere of the sun can be tremendously hotter than its lower layers.

Like the elastic energy of the rubber band is released when it is cut, a fraction of the magnetic energy of the Sun is released during a process called magnetic reconnection. Magnetic reconnection can ...

More information: M. I. Desai et al, Magnetic Reconnection–driven Energization of Protons up to ∼400 keV at the Near-Sun Heliospheric Current Sheet, The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2025 ...