>>>10328850 NASA Is Tracking a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field
Global Magnetic Anomaly Detected During Deep Solar Minimum
By Hannah Osborne On 6/26/20 at 11:52 AM EDT
A global magnetic anomaly was detected on June 23, with experts using magnetometers, a device that measures magnetism, noticing an unusual wave appear in their data. This wave appeared at a time when there should be little to pick up on.
Earth's magnetic field is generated by its liquid iron core and protects the planet from the solar wind—the stream of charged particles that comes from the sun. The magnetic field interacts with these particles and when there is an influx, magnetometers can detect these anomalies.
Activity on the sun is currently at its lowest point of its 11-year cycle, a phase known as the solar minimum. The current solar minimum is one of the deepest since the start of the Space Age, with activity on the surface of the sun quieter than normal. Because of this, there is little change to the magnetic field for instruments to pick up on.
SpaceWeather.com, a website dedicated to the sun-Earth environment, first reported the anomaly. Stuart Green, from Preston, U.K., who operates a magnetometer, told the site he was surprised when his instruments "picked up an anomaly."
SpaceWeather.com, a website dedicated to the sun-Earth environment, first reported the anomaly. Stuart Green, from Preston, U.K., who operates a magnetometer, told the site he was surprised when his instruments "picked up an anomaly."
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https://www.newsweek.com/solar-minimum-global-magnetic-anomaly-1513717
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