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Experiments Show Strong Magnetic Fields Can Halt Stellar Eruptions

Experiments Show Strong Magnetic Fields Can Halt Stellar Eruptions

An international team reports the first experimental evidence that strong magnetic fields around active stars can completely suppress coronal mass ejections. The finding helps explain why massive eruptions are rarely observed beyond our sun.

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Stellar eruptions in the laboratory: First experimental evidence for their suppression in strong magnetic fields