Image 2: Illustration of Earth’s bow shock and magnetic field environment. Particles coming from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field forming a shock wave (called bow shock – shown in red). Credits Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Gett (IMAGE)

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Image 2: Illustration of Earth’s bow shock and magnetic field environment. Particles coming from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field forming a shock wave (called bow shock – shown in red). Credits Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Gett

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Illustration of Earth’s bow shock and magnetic field environment. Particles coming from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field forming a shock wave (called bow shock – shown in red).

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Credits Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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