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Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-cake-jokes-allowed dept.

MaxwellEdison writes "Scientists have discovered evidence of magnetic portals connecting the Earth and the Sun every 8 minutes. 'Several speakers at the Workshop have outlined how FTEs form: On the dayside of Earth (the side closest to the sun), Earth's magnetic field presses against the sun's magnetic field. Approximately every eight minutes, the two fields briefly merge or "reconnect," forming a portal through which particles can flow. The portal takes the form of a magnetic cylinder about as wide as Earth. The European Space Agency's fleet of four Cluster spacecraft and NASA's five THEMIS probes have flown through and surrounded these cylinders, measuring their dimensions and sensing the particles that shoot through.'"

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  1. Ok, well now I know what happened to..... by 3seas · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    .... to my mod points

  2. Re:Who tagged "!ipods"? by ZERO1ZERO · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Of course when I said karma, I meant score. My browse level is 1:45, threaded, oldest first.....

    And while I'm at it how come in Opera 9.61 WinXP the Slashdot story headings show up as Black on Green which means I can't read the them without tilting my screen. I guess it just completes the whole don't RTFA and now I can't even RTFHeadings.. (works fine in FF3 btw)

    it's been 4 minutes since I last posted a comment... AND???