Scientists using NASA's MAVEN and China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft have found the first evidence that magnetic reconnection triggers the "flapping" motion of Mars' magnetotail.
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What makes Mars' magnetotail flap? Two spacecraft point to magnetic reconnection
2 Spacecraft Observations from
Magnetic Reconnection At Mars First evidence of
Magnetotail Flapping Triggered Process