References & Sources - January 9, 1999
Sun storm squeezes Earth's ionosphere
A spacecraft has gathered the first direct evidence that a storm originating from the sun can squeeze Earth's ionosphere, ejecting charged particles from the planet's upper atmosphere into space.
Moore, T.E. 1998. Solar wind squeezes some of Earth's atmosphere into space. NASA News Release. December.
Sources:
Thomas E. Moore
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 2, January 9, 1999, p. 30. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
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