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We May Have the Moon’s Now-Defunct Magnetic Field to Thank for Life on Earth – Gizmodo Australia
The habitability of a planet depends on many factors. One is the existence of a strong and long-lived magnetic field. These fields are generated thousands of ki…
The habitability of a planet depends on many factors. One is the existence of a strong and long-lived magnetic field. These fields are generated thousands of kilometres below the planets surface in its liquid core and extend far into space shielding the atmosphere from harmful solar radiation.
Without a strong magnetic field, a planet struggles to hang on to a breathable atmosphere which is bad news for life as we know it. A new study, published in Science Advances, suggests that the Moons now …
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