{
  "id": 15917269,
  "title": "Solar Orbiter Traces Giant Magnetic Switchbacks Directly Back to the Sun",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/solar-orbiter-traces-giant-magnetic-switchbacks-directly-back-to-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-21T15:43:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/solar-orbiter-traces-giant-magnetic-switchbacks-directly-back-to-the-sun"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "There has been a torrent of solar physics data lately, largely thanks to new spacecraft that have begun actively observing the Sun. One of those spacecraft, Solar Orbiter, happened to have a serendipitous encounter with a type of solar physics phenomenon known as a “switchback”. A new paper, available in Nature Astronomy from researcher Jesse T. Coburn and their co-authors, describes how that…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}