The Journal of Space Commerce

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Solar Wind Energy Favors the North, ESA Finds

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Tom Patton
Jan 19, 2021
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Using information from ESA’s Swarm satellite constellation, scientists have made a discovery about how energy generated by electrically-charged particles in the solar wind flows into Earth’s atmosphere – surprisingly, more of it heads towards the magnetic north pole than towards the magnetic south pole.

"Our findings also suggest that the dynamics of upp…

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