Far Field

    space · energy · fusion

    Abstract visualisation of glowing magnetic field lines twisting and reconnecting in a plasma
    Far Field · Magnetic reconnection

    Simulations suggest magnetic reconnection slows down in bigger systems

    Scaling a plasma's starting current sheet with the size of the system erases a supposedly universal reconnection rate, according to new computer simulations.

    Physical Review Letters · 30 October 2026
    A deep telescope image of many faint, distant galaxies scattered around a bright galaxy cluster against a black sky
    Far Field · weak lensing

    Balloon-borne telescope delivers weak-lensing catalogues for 30 merging galaxy clusters

    Flying above nearly all of the atmosphere, SuperBIT measured the shapes of galaxies behind 30 colliding clusters, and the authors tested whether those shapes can be trusted.

    The Astrophysical Journal · 28 October 2026

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