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Europe-China SMILE Mission: The First X-Ray of Planet Earth’s Solar Shield FriendsofNASA.org: Every day, Earth faces a relentless attack from the Sun. A usually steady rain of tiny but fierce particles known as the solar wind can sometimes be interrupted by much bigger blasts, just like the one shown at the beginning of this video. Luckily, we have a defense: Earth’s magnetic field. This shield that Earth holds up against the solar wind and coronal mass ejections is all that prevents our thrivin