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The day the solar wind nearly died

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On 11 May 1999, the density of the solar wind dropped almost to zero. Space scientists are now giving their first reports of this rare opportunity to study the complex relationship between the Sun and Earth.

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Figure 1: Earth's magnetosphere and the solar wind.

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  1. the Space Science Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK

    Mike Lockwood

  2. the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Southampton University, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

    Mike Lockwood

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Lockwood, M. The day the solar wind nearly died. Nature 409, 677–679 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35055654

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