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July 16, 2010 ·
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By T.K. RandallJuly 16, 2010 ·
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NASA's Messenger probe has revealed intense electromagnetic storms in the planet's magnetic "tail".
Such tails form when the solar wind—charged particles streaming from the sun—pushes on a planet's magnetic field. The deformed field flows around the planet in a windsock shape, like river water flowing around a rock.
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