A NEW FORM OF SPACE WEATHER: There's a new form of space weather--and it comes from our own planet. Electrified "Earth wind" is streaming through space, much like the solar wind but different. A new study just published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters reports that Earth wind might actually make water on the Moon. Get the full story on today's edition of Spaceweather.com.
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Above: An artist's concept of Earth wind engulfing the Moon. Credit: E. Masongsong/UCLA/NASA