TH... THE... THE MAGNETIC FIELD IS THE REASON WHY EARTH IS A NICE AND COZY HOME TO LIFE, GENERATED BY THE SLOW CHURNING OF THE PLANET’S LIQUID CORE, IT SHIELDS THE WORLD FROM COSMIC RADIATION AND NASTY SOLAR STORMS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BLUDGEON US WITH CHARGED PARTICLES FROM THE SUN. “IF THESE CHARGED PARTICLES ‘COLLIDE’ WITH THE ATMOSPHERE, THEY CAN ENHANCE LOSS OF SOME ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS,” EXPLAINS JON MOUND, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GEOPHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS IN THE UK. IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DIDN’T HAVE THE MAGNETIC FIELD, EARTH WOULD PROBABLY LOOK SIMILAR TO A CERTAIN RED WASTELAND LOCATED NEARBY, AND IT’S DOUBTFUL ANY OF US WOULD EXIST. WTF DID HE SAY?