The solar wind breaks through the Earth's magnetic field
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 07:31
in Astronomy & Space
Space is not empty. A wind of charged particles blows outwards from the Sun, carrying a magnetic field with it. Sometimes this solar wind can break through the Earth's magnetic field. Researchers at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) in Uppsala now have an answer to one of the questions about how this actually occurs.