Thursday, February 9, 2012

New Computer Simulations Show Earth's Spaghetti-Like Magnetosphere - Universe Today


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New Computer Simulations Show Earth's Spaghetti-Like Magnetosphere
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by Paul Scott Anderson on February 9, 2012 A new computer simulation is showing Earth's magnetosphere in amazing detail – and it looks a lot like a huge pile of tangled spaghetti (with the Earth as a meatball). Or perhaps a cosmic version of modern art ...