IFL Science
Dr. Alfredo Carpineti
April 2, 2026
The magnetic field of our planet produces a tailed bubble that mostly protects us from cosmic and solar radiation. This is the magnetosphere. As the solar wind – the flow of charged particles from the Sun – approaches our planet, it interacts with the magnetosphere and creates a bow shock region. Between the bow shock and the magnetosphere sits the magnetosheath, and new research shows that some peculiar electric and magnetic activity is going on inside it.
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