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There are several good articles about the magnetosphere online.

http://science.nasa.gov/ssl/pad/sppb/Edu/magnetosphere/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetosphere

In a nutshell, the magnetosphere is due to the iron core and strong magnetic field of earth, and it protects earth from bombardment of cosmic charged particles and solar winds.

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