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NASA Is Watching a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field

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The South Atlantic Anomaly ( SAA ) is a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and southwest Africa .

NASA 's satellites and spacecraft are particularly vulnerable to the weakened magnetic field strength within the anomaly, and the resulting exposure to charged particles from the Sun .

The primary source of the anomaly is considered to be a swirling ocean of molten iron inside Earth 's outer core.

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