If you've ever been mad at the Sun for getting a sunburn, you're in good company — the Moon gets them too. "The magnetic fields in some regions are locally acting as this magnetic sunscreen," said Andrew Poppe, a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, in a statement. CALIFORNIA ASTROPHOTOGRAPHER CREATES COLORFUL MOON IMAGE USING PIECES OF 150,000 PHOTOSThe government space agency notes that unlike our planet, the Moon does not have a singular, global magnetic field. Instead, it has magnetized rocks that create "small, localized spots of magnetic field" that can create magnetic barriers of varying distances. Described as "magnetic 'sunscreen,'" NASA said these small barriers can deflect some of the particles from the solar winds, leaving light-colored swirls in the areas and darker areas in the spots that are not covered.

Source: Fox News March 07, 2019 14:13 UTC