magnetic bubble
noun
: a tiny movable magnetized cylindrical volume in a thin magnetic material that along with other like volumes can be used to represent a bit of information (as in a computer)
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After all, auroras result from space weather, which can have profound effects on spacecraft and people that venture beyond our planet's protective magnetic bubble.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 May 2025
The energetic ionized particles are common to other planets’ magnetospheres, and scientists had theorized that the five major Uranian moons in the magnetic bubble should have produced them.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
The enhanced solar wind that flows from them can cause storms in the Earth's protective magnetic bubble.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2017
Solar wind creates a huge magnetic bubble, known as the heliosphere, that protects Earth and the other planets from energetic subatomic particles that constantly zip around in deep space.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2013
Auroral displays occur when Earth's magnetic bubble, called the magnetosphere, is roiled by material flowing outward from the Sun.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2019
This acts as a kind of protective magnetic bubble shielding us from harm.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2020
The blowing of the solar wind creates an enormous magnetic bubble around the Sun, known as the heliosphere.
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2021
Without a magnetic bubble to shield Mars from the sun’s radiation, its atmosphere was blown away like confetti.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2021
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 May 2025
The energetic ionized particles are common to other planets’ magnetospheres, and scientists had theorized that the five major Uranian moons in the magnetic bubble should have produced them.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
The enhanced solar wind that flows from them can cause storms in the Earth's protective magnetic bubble.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2017
Solar wind creates a huge magnetic bubble, known as the heliosphere, that protects Earth and the other planets from energetic subatomic particles that constantly zip around in deep space.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2013
Auroral displays occur when Earth's magnetic bubble, called the magnetosphere, is roiled by material flowing outward from the Sun.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2019
This acts as a kind of protective magnetic bubble shielding us from harm.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2020
The blowing of the solar wind creates an enormous magnetic bubble around the Sun, known as the heliosphere.
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2021
Without a magnetic bubble to shield Mars from the sun’s radiation, its atmosphere was blown away like confetti.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2021
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“Magnetic bubble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnetic%20bubble. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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