Why does the Earth have a magnetic field? And why is it important that the Earth has a magnetic field?

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Beyond having a magnetic core from the iron inside our planet when it formed, the Earth was also struck by another Planet sided object, around the size of Mars.

This caused two things to happen, 1) the Earths iron increased in size dramatically and 2) the moon was formed.

The magnetic core mostly blocks the solar radiation as it’s most important function protecting the atmosphere.

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