March 10, 2015: Magnetic reconnection could be the Universe's favorite way to make things explode.
It operates anywhere magnetic fields pervade space--which is to say almost everywhere. In the cores of galaxies, magnetic reconnection sparks explosions visible billions of light-years away. On the sun, it causes solar flares as powerful as a million atomic bombs. At Earth, it powers magnetic storms and auroras. It's ubiquitous.
The problem is, researchers can't explain it.
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