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Solar Orbiter tracks origin of mysterious magnetic switchbacks
Source: Phys.org · Published

The European Space Agency–led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through an S-shaped kink known as a "switchback" in the solar wind's magnetic field. By fingerprinting the elusive particles within…
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