Marvin Heiferman (@whywelook.bsky.social)

WHY WE LOOK? Because Europe and China’s jointly launched a spacecraft that will, over three years, capture the first global X-ray images of the invisible magnetic shield that has deflected solar wind from Earth for nearly four billion years. spacedaily.com/sd-europe-an...

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Europe and China just put a telescope in orbit to photograph something nobody has ever actually seen — the invisible shield keeping the solar wind from stripping Earth bare Europe and China’s joint Smile spacecraft reached orbit early Tuesday, opening a three-year campaign to capture the first global X-ray images of the invisible magnetic shield that has deflected solar ... https://spacedaily.com/sd-europe-and-china-just-put-a-telescope-in-orbit-to-photograph-something-nobody-has-ever-actually-seen-the-invisible-shield-keeping-the-solar-wind-from-stripping-earth-bare/