Plasma physics' giant leap Newark DE (SPX) May 19, 2016 - For the first time, scientists are looking at real data - not computer models, but direct observation - about what is happening in the fascinating region where the Earth's magnetic field breaks and then joins with the interplanetary magnetic field. They don't know exactly what this new window of science will open to us - that's the thrill of discovery and, for some, the scary part, too. Bu ... more

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