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Snapping the Sun's Grand Magnetic Border at 0.3 AU

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September 6, 2026 • 51 views
Original source: Universe Today

Out in the solar system, there is a giant rippling curtain of charged particles that is actually the largest structure in our solar system. Known as the Heliospheric Current Sheet (HCS), it marks the spot where the sun flips its magnetic north and south poles, and grows directly out of giant, glowin...

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