... the internal dynamo processes that formed the transient magnetic field of the planet. Once the internal heat flow... a threshold value (between 40-20 milliwatt per square metre) the magnetic field declined and ended at around 4.1 Gy (one giga-year =...
... four-satellite Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission are providing us more and more information about how Earth’s magnetic field is changing. The geomagnetosphere is about 15 per cent less effective in warding off the supercharged ions in a CME...
... cosmic rays) incident on the surface of Mars. Such radiation is almost entirely blocked on Earth by the combination of Earth’s magnetic field and its relatively thick atmosphere. Humans living in cities on Mars might need to spend much of their time...
...ExploreR (JUMPER), a SmallSat to study Jupiter’s magnetic field, including its interaction with the solar wind. ...interplanetary space. As they interact with the Sun’s magnetic field, the electron beams generate bursts of radio frequency signals...
... suddenly erupting from a regular radio pulsar? "We think these X-ray bursts happened because the object's enormous magnetic field got twisted as the object was spinning," Majid said. In a scenario analogous to tectonic plates on Earth, the stress...
...beyond Earth to search for the presence of life. The combination of the moon’s geological, compositional and induced magnetic field measurements all indicate that a salty, liquid water ocean spanning at least 100 kilometres in depth is sloshing about...