Plasma Astrophysics

Researchers find clues to the mysterious heating of the sun’s atmosphere

Physicists create stable, strongly magnetized plasma jet in laboratory

Machine learning could aid efforts to answer long-standing astrophysical questions

Novel algorithm improves understanding of plasma shock waves in space

PPPL experiment provides the first direct observation of the process responsible for solar flares that can impact communications on Earth

Ripples in the fabric of the universe may reveal the start of time

Breakthrough PPPL confirmation of key theory behind the formation of planets, stars and supermassive black holes

The world's largest turbulence simulation unmasks the flow of energy in astrophysical plasmas

Renowned theorist Amitava Bhattacharjee wins James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics

Unraveling a perplexing explosive process that occurs throughout the universe