On 11 May 1999, the density of the solar wind dropped almost to zero. Space scientists are now giving their first reports of this rare opportunity to study the complex relationship between the Sun and Earth.
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Lockwood, M. The day the solar wind nearly died. Nature 409, 677–679 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35055654
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