Artist’s illustration of a magnetar, surrounded by the plasma bubble responsible for the persistent emission observed in some ...

Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental physical process in plasmas, through which the magnetic energy is converted into ...

A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

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