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  • 31Magnetosphere of Jupiter — Discovery[1] Discovered by …

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  • 32Herbig-Haro object — Herbig Haro objects are small patches of nebulosity associated with newly born stars, and are formed when gas ejected by young stars collides with clouds of gas and dust nearby at speeds of several hundred kilometres per second. Herbig Haro… …

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  • 33Orion Nebula — The entire Orion Nebula in visible light. Credit: NASA/ESA Observation data: J2000 epoch …

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  • 34Sonic boom — The term sonic boom is commonly used to refer to the shocks caused by the supersonic flight of an aircraft. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding much like an explosion. Thunder is a type of natural sonic boom, created… …

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  • 35Magnetosheath — The magnetosheath is the region of space between the magnetopause and the bow shock of a planet s magnetosphere. The regularly organized magnetic field generated by the planet becomes weak and irregular in the magnetosheath due to interaction… …

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  • 36Magnetopause — Artistic rendition of the Earth s magnetopause. The magnetopause is where the pressure from the solar wind and the planet s magnetic field are equal. The position of the Sun would be far to the left in this image The magnetopause is the abrupt… …

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  • 37Pulsar kicks — Pulsar kick Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000 Constellation Cygnus Right ascension 15h 09m 25.689s …

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  • 38Mercury's magnetic field — Magnetosphere of Mercury Graph showing relative strength of Mercury s magnetic field. Discovery[1] …

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  • 39Magnetosphere of Saturn — Aurorae on the south pole of Saturn as viewed by Hubble Internal field[1 …

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  • 40Solar wind — For other uses, see Solar wind (disambiguation). The solar wind is a stream of charged particles ejected from the upper atmosphere of the Sun. It mostly consists of electrons and protons with energies usually between 1.5 and 10 keV. The stream of …

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