Mastering magnetic reconnection
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 02:20
in Astronomy & Space
On March 12, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists launched four observational satellites into space, officially beginning the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission. The diminutive spacecraft, coming in at 11 feet by 4 feet each, will let scientists observe a giant mystery—one of the cosmos's most fundamental and mysterious processes, magnetic reconnection.