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2025-01-07 11:18:06 UTC - HELPFUL
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This is not breaking, the South Atlantic Anomaly was discovered in 1958. The SAA (a weak spot in Earth's magnetic field) doesn't have any visible impact on life on Earth's surface, but it does have an impact on satellites and other spacecraft that pass through it. More: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/icon/nasa-researchers-track-slowly-splitting-dent-in-earths-magnetic-field/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Anomaly
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