A New Kind of Explosion on the Sun

Scientists have just seen a new type of magnetic explosion, known as forced or controlled magnetic reconnection. Read more: Music credit: Light Hearted Angst by Dewey Dellay Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Genna Duberstein (USRA): Producer Mara Johnson-Groh (Wyle Information Systems): Lead Writer Tom Bridgman (GST): Data Visualizer Chris Smith (USRA): Narrator Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technica