Magnetic Reconnection

Highlights

• ›Releases magnetic energy — the engine of solar flares

The Sun, its layers & phenomena

• The Sun
• The Solar Corona
• Solar Flare
• Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)

Across solar physics

• Nanoflare Heating

Knowledge connections

• Associated withThe Sun
• Associated withThe Solar Corona
• Associated withSolar Flare
• Associated withCoronal Mass Ejection (CME)
• Associated withNanoflare Heating

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.