Magnetic refuge found on Moon



Source:  Larry O'Hanlon, MSNBC Discovery News

Excerpt: A miniature magnetic field has been imaged on the surface of the moon, making it a rare, minimally protective lunar refuge from some aspects of the harsh solar wind.... "You can think of it as kind of a mini umbrella," said Martin Wieser of the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Kiruna, Sweden. "It will be effective for certain kinds of (space) weather."...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36806530/ns/technology_and_science-discoverycom/

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