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English: To study magnetic reconnection at Earth’s magnetopause, TRACERS will fly through the polar cusp, a point where Earth’s magnetic field dips down toward the ground. There, particles funnel through the cusp into a concentrated part of our atmosphere. |
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| Source | https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/ |
| Author | NASA/CILab/Josh Masters |
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| current | 17:13, 4 March 2025 | | 800 × 450 (5.03 MB) | Artem.G | Uploaded a work by NASA/CILab/Josh Masters from https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/ with UploadWizard |
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