Modeling Earth's magnetosphere in the laboratory - Phys.org

4/12/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by Science X staff
by Science X staff
A magnetosphere forms around any magnetized object, such as a planet, that is immersed within a stream of ionized gas, called plasma. Because Earth possesses an intrinsic magnetic field, the planet is surrounded by a large magnetosphere that extends out into …
A magnetosphere forms around any magnetized object, such as a planet, that is immersed within a stream of ionized gas, called plasma. Because Earth possesses an intrinsic magnetic field, the planet i… [+3446 chars]
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