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Understanding the function of Earth's magnetosphere
Ever wonder how Earth stays safe from the Sun? This video untangles the magnetosphere and why it matters to life and tech.
Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...
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Uranus may have more in common with Earth than we thought, 40-year-old Voyager 2 probe data shows
Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...
ESA’s quartet of satellites studying Earth’s magnetosphere, Cluster, has discovered that our protective magnetic bubble lets the solar wind in under a wider range of conditions than previously ...
According to new data from five satellites, a warm plasma cloak makes up part of the magnetosphere — the invisible shield that surrounds and protects Earth from the onslaught of the solar wind. A team ...
The Earth's tail is known as the "magnetotail". Though it is generally a permanent feature, it is at the whims of the solar ...
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Uranus’s extreme radiation belts linked to ancient solar wind event
Far from the Sun, Uranus sits tipped on its side, carrying a magnetic system unlike any other planet’s. Its equator tilts ...
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The solar wind is a constant feature of the solar system – except on Christmas Day 2022 when it suddenly vanished completely. The odd event was detected by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars, which found ...
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