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Analysis Feb 5, 2025

How Earth's Magnetic Field Protects Life — and What Happens When It Weakens

Earth's magnetic field protects life from solar wind, enables animal navigation across thousands of kilometres, and its current weakening already affects satellites. Here's why it matters beyond atmospheric shielding.

#magnetic field #magnetosphere #space weather #astrobiology #navigation #solar wind

News Jan 14, 2025

Parker Solar Probe's Closest-Ever Images of the Sun: What WISPR Captured Inside the Solar Corona

Parker Solar Probe's closest-ever images reveal the solar corona in unprecedented detail — what WISPR captured at perihelion and how the spacecraft survives 1,400°C.

#Parker Solar Probe #NASA #Sun #solar physics #corona #solar wind #space exploration