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Ever seen the northern lights? You have a magnetic layer in Earth’s atmosphere to thank for those beautiful displays. But the magnetosphere does a lot more than create auroras.
Measuring the ages of planets and stars is tricky. An observational astrophysicist describes the subtle clues that provide good estimates for how old different space objects are.
Studying the brief and tiny quantum effects that drive living systems could one day lead to new approaches to treatments and technologies.
Space weather can affect satellites in a number of different ways, from frying electronics to increasing drag in the atmosphere.
Migrating birds use both their view of the stars and their internal magnetic compasses to find their way over thousands of miles.
In nature, one group of bacteria produces magnetic particles to orient themselves along Earth’s magnetic field lines.
The temperature of the Sun’s surface is about 6,000°C. But higher above the surface, in the atmosphere, it suddenly shoots up to more than a million degrees!
Without a magnetic field, the Moon’s surface is exposed to solar wind. These could have been depositing resources like water and potential rocket fuel on the Moon’s surface for billions of years.
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Professor of Geophysics, University of Rochester
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