There are two kinds of stuff... Matter, and Doesn’t Matter..
Yep! As science, this probably doesn't matter, IMHO (currently)...
However, what does "matter" (based on a quick reading of this article) is that some a_hole might have had the dang telescope pointed in the wrong direction.
" Modelers are now working to figure out how the field reversal could have occurred. "
How about finding out how the "real" reversal could have occurred?