ARLA/CLUSTER: Fwd: [esa_general] Cluster watches Earth's leaky atmosphere

[JOSE PROENÇA]

 Oxygen is constantly leaking out of Earth's atmosphere and into space. Now,
ESA's formation-flying quartet of satellites, Cluster, has discovered the
physical mechanism that is driving the escape. It turns out that the Earth's
own magnetic field is accelerating the oxygen away.

Read more at:

http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMQ8LKRQJF_index_0.html

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