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Does a permanent magnet still have its magnetic properties in outer space?

hi,Does a permanent magnet still have its magnetic properties outside the earths atmosphere (i think it will, but I would like to hear more). Does it still attract to other ferromagnetic materials.

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A and B could magnetize the magnet in a various orientation, and C will enable the fabric to demagnetize. D is the only answer which would not substitute any magnetic properties. yet another determination concerning to C could be stunning the magnet - dropping it, hitting it with a hammer, and so on. - that could jar the molecules out of alignment.
Magnetism is not propagated through air. Magnetic fields do not require any medium for its fields. A field, electric, or magnetic, is best in a vacuum. Any other material could interfere with it, especially if the field is varying, like light. Which is a crossover between electric and magnetic fields. Pure, unvarying fields, are not interfered with except by materials that have the ability to redefine the fields, like ferromagnetic substances, such as iron. RF is best, in outer space. But outer space has its own fields, so the permanent magnet's field, like that of the earth's, could be distorted by the fields from the sun, which are encapsulated in the ionized gases that stream from the sun. Like the magnetosphere, which is teardrop shaped, shaped by the solar winds, and its magnetic fields.
Yes it does. Magnetic fields are not effected by the air, unless the air is ionized. I have degrees in both physics and astronomy.

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