Magnetic Twisters "Dance" Across Mercury, Study Says

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 16:21 in Physics & Chemistry

The same process that drives auroras on Earth is ten times more intense on tiny Mercury, where it creates invisible whirlwinds of particles, data from a NASA craft have revealed.

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