Magnetosphere and Solar Wind (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Magnetosphere and Solar Wind

Caption

The solar wind flows around Earth's magnetic field. A new NASA study suggests that the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere and strength of the magnetic field have been correlated for more than half a billion years.

Credit

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Laboratory

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