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Ben Turner

Potentially deadly 'chirping waves' detected in baffling location near Earth, and scientists are stumped

Earth from Space Station Aurora.

Scientists have detected strange chirping waves — which resemble the dawn chorus of birds — thousands of miles from Earth, and they could pose big problems for future spaceflight.

Chorus waves, named because of their resemblance to birdsong when converted to audio signals, are perturbations in Earth's electromagnetic field capable of accelerating particles to potentially deadly speeds for spacecraft and astronauts.

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