Also does anyone know how those ultra strong magnets are affecting our planet if at all?
Edit: sorry the [link](https://imamagnets.com/en/blog/what-is-most-powerful-magnet/#:~:text=The%20world’s%20most%20powerful%20magnet%20is%2044.14%20Teslas.&text=This%20super%20magnet%20has%20a,we%20find%20in%20a%20hospital) says 900,000 times the earths magnetism
Edit 2: Thank you wonderful people for clearing that up. Your minor support did more for my mental health than you realize not just for the knowledge but also the general support from the community. Y’all are amazing.
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The link you’re referring to is talking about magnetic field strength, which is a measurement of the magnetism *at that specific point*. It doesn’t mean that the magnet is more powerful than the earth “in total”, just that the field it produces is much more powerful in that local area.
Think about it this way. If I took a big bucket of salt and dumped it in the ocean, then that local bit of water would (temporarily) be way, way saltier than the rest of the ocean. But that certainly doesn’t mean that there was more total salt in my bucket than there was in the whole ocean, right? A powerful magnet can create a field that is *locally* way stronger than the Earth’s field, but the Earth’s field is MASSIVE, it’s still far more powerful “in total” than the small magnet.
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