The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through an S-shaped kink known as a switchback in the solar winds magnetic field. By fingerprinting the elusive particles within the switchback, Solar Orbiter has traced its origin back to the Suns surface and revealed more about solar magnetism - the unruly instigator of dangerous solar storms.
The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through an S-shaped kink known as a switchback in the solar winds magnetic field. By fingerprinting the elusive particles within the switchback, Solar Orbiter has traced its origin back to the Suns surface and revealed more about solar magnetism - the unruly instigator of dangerous solar storms.
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