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Electric Moon Jolts The Solar Wind
With the moon as the most prominent object in the night sky and a major source of an invisible pull that creates ocean tides, many ancient cultures thought it could also affect our health or state of mind – the word "lunacy" has its origin in this belief. Now, a powerful combination of spacecraft and computer simulations is revealing that the moon does indeed have a far-reaching, invisible influence – not on us, but on the Sun, or more specifically, the solar wind. The solar wind is a thin stream...
Published By: RedOrbit.com: Space - Saturday, 2 June, 2012
