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A Giant Weak Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Spreading and Scientists Are Worried

A weak spot in Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing larger and exposing orbiting satellites and astronauts to more ...
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There's a Growing Weak Spot in Earth's Magnetic Field. What it Means

It would be an understatement to say that the Earth's magnetic field is important. It's one of the reasons we're able to live on this rock tumbling through space, and it also gives us the gorgeous ...
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Earth’s magnetic field developing dangerous weak spot that puts astronauts at risk

The European Space Agency’s Swarm trio of satellites has found that a weak region in Earth’s magnetic field, known as the ...
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The Moon once had magnetic fields as strong as Earth’s

How could such a small body with a weak core have created magnetic fields as strong as Earth’s? Now, a team led by researchers at MIT may have found the answer. Their study, published in Science ...

Something strange is happening to Earth’s magnetic field and it could spell doom for satellites, scientists warn

A growing weak spot in the magnetic field surrounding the Earth could lead to satellite malfunction and even cause them to ...