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New study reveals unexpected interaction between Mars and the solar wind

Main regions and boundaries of the degenerate magnetosphere and the near-Mars environment (near-parallel IMF). Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07959-z Scientists from the Swedish Institute of Astrophysics (IRF) in Kiruna and Umeå University have discovered that under certain conditions the induced magnetosphere of Mars can degrade, their findings are published in a new study in the journal Nature. An induced magnetosphere…