Magnetic Reconnection (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Magnetic Reconnection

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Magnetic reconnection -- a phenomenon that happens throughout space -- occurs when magnetic field lines come together, realign and send particles hurling outward.

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Credits: NASA/Goddard/Conceptual Image Lab

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