NASA's MMS Mission Marks 10 Years of Magnetic Reconnection Discoveries https://ift.tt/wLAbszM NASA's MMS Mission Marks 10 Years of Magnetic Reconnection Discoveries A decade after its launch on March 12, 2015, NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission has significantly advanced the understanding of magnetic reconnection, a fundamental process occurring throughout the universe. Magnetic reconnection takes place when magnetic field lines break and realign, releasing massive amounts of energy. Around Earth, a single event can generate as much energy in ho…