magnetic field
noun
: the portion of space near a magnetic body or a current-carrying body in which the magnetic forces due to the body or current can be detected
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The science payload to be landed there includes seismometers, a drill to allow emplacement of heat flow and electrical conductivity probes, and instruments to study the magnetic field and surface weathering.
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
It's made up of three kinds of radiation: particles trapped in Earth's magnetic field, particles from solar flares and galactic cosmic rays NASA said.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
Like energy, momentum has to be conserved, so the excess angular momentum would have been dumped into the magnetic field that is carried by the outflows in the same way that our sun's magnetic field is carried by the solar wind, causing the magnetic field to twist.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Mar. 2025
As well as being geometrically open to receiving the solar wind, this period also sees the magnetic fields of Earth and the solar wind briefly aligned.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
It's made up of three kinds of radiation: particles trapped in Earth's magnetic field, particles from solar flares and galactic cosmic rays NASA said.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
Like energy, momentum has to be conserved, so the excess angular momentum would have been dumped into the magnetic field that is carried by the outflows in the same way that our sun's magnetic field is carried by the solar wind, causing the magnetic field to twist.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Mar. 2025
As well as being geometrically open to receiving the solar wind, this period also sees the magnetic fields of Earth and the solar wind briefly aligned.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Magnetic field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnetic%20field. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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