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+-   A sixth region in the magnetosphere? on Sunday December 14 2008, @12:57PM Roland Piquepaille

Submitted by Roland Piquepaille on Sunday December 14 2008, @12:57PM
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Roland Piquepaille writes "As you probably know, Earth's magnetosphere, 'the invisible bubble of magnetic fields and electrically charged particles that surrounds and protects the planet from the periodically lethal radiation of the solar wind,' was discovered in 1958. Until now, it was composed of five regions, including the ionosphere or the Van Allen radiation belts. Now, a U.S. research team has discovered a sixth region, called the warm plasma cloak. Read more for additional details and references."
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