The European Space Agency–led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through an S-shaped kink known as a "switchback" in the solar wind's magnetic field. By fingerprinting the elusive particles within the switchback, Solar Orbiter has traced its origin back to the sun's surface and revealed more abo...

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-10-solar-orbiter-tracks-mysterious-magnetic.html)

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