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Smartphones could create distributed space weather observatory

07 Jun 2021
Coronal mass ejection
Change in the weather: image of a coronal mass ejection captured by NASA observatories in August 2012. (Courtesy: NASA)
The magnetometers found in some smartphones could allow devices to be used to create a distributed s

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Ian Randall is a science writer based in the UK
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