Strange Portal Connects Earth to Sun
By Jeanna Bryner
Senior Writer
posted: 03 November 2008
08:22 am ET
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Like giant,
cosmic chutes between the Earth and sun, magnetic portals open up every eight
minutes or so to connect our planet with its host star.
Once the
portals open, loads of high-energy
particles can travel the 93 million miles (150 million km) through the
conduit during its brief opening, space scientists say.
"Ten
years ago I was pretty sure they didn't exist, but now the evidence is
incontrovertible," said David Sibeck, an astrophysicist at the Goddard
Space Flight Center in Maryland.
clipped from: www.space.com