Part of Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Backward. Scientists Just Figured Out Why.

Traditionally, scientists believed that the charge polarity of the magnetosphere at the equator and the poles was the same, ...
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First-Ever View Of The Sun’s Polar Magnetic Field Reveals Major Surprise

Based on the grazing view, the general consensus was that the plasma cells and the magnetic field shifted poleward more slowly than at the equator. But Solar Orbiter has shown that the speed is higher ...
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A Giant Weak Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Spreading and Scientists Are Worried

And because it extends into space, the geomagnetic field also protects orbiting spacecraft, including most satellites and the ...
The New York Times

The Gold Rush Behind a Civil War

Twenty years ago, a genocidal campaign in the Darfur region of Sudan shocked the world. Now, videos and images of new atrocities have captured global attention once more. Declan Walsh, who has been ...
Wall Street Journal

Hang Seng Index HSI

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