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By catching the X-rays that are created as solar winds smash into the magnetopause, these satellites and other instruments have seen the outlines of the magnetic field.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
7 Jan. 2025 The difference in velocity between the magnetopause and solar wind creates a furiously swirling wave—a vortex.—
Andrew Cunningham,
Ars Technica,
4 Aug. 2023 The bow shock is like Jupiter's sonic boom, while the magnetopause is the physical boundary between the Sun's magnetic field and Jupiter's magnetic field.—
Avery Thompson,
Popular Mechanics,
1 July 2016