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Cold War data reveals impact of nuclear tests on space weather

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A NASA study using recently declassified US government data has shown how high-altitude nuclear tests altered the weather – not on Earth, but in space. According to the space agency, the explosions changed the planet's magnetic field and even produced artificial aurorae near the equator.
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