Earth’s Magnetic Field Weakens, Impacting Satellites and Spacecraft: Space Agency
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Earth’s Magnetic Field Weakens

The Earth’s magnetic field is weakening between Africa and South America, causing problems for spacecraft and satellites, scientists with the European Space Agency (ESA) have said. “The new, eastern minimum of the South Atlantic Anomaly has appeared over the last decade and in recent years is developing vigorously,” said Jürgen Matzka, from the German Research Centre for Geosciences, in an ESA news release.

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