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Elon Musk's Starlink satellites could be eroding Earth's magnetic field and slowly ... - Daily Mail

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Elon Musk's Starlink satellites could be eroding Earth's magnetic field and slowly ... - Daily Mail. View article details on HISWAI: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13324923/elon-musk-satellite-earth-magnetic-field.html

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The article discusses Dr. Sierra Solter-Hunt's concerns about SpaceX's Starlink satellites potentially disrupting Earth's magnetosphere, leading to atmospheric stripping reminiscent of Mars and Mercury. This could happen due to the conductive metal debris from satellite decay accumulating in orbit. The key concept of Starlink is related to space technology, spaceflight, and the potential creation of space debris, which impacts the study of geomagnetism and space plasmas, and involves the Van Allen radiation belt and plasmasphere.

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