NASA Keeps Watch Over Space Explosions
Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 14:50
in Astronomy & Space
Portal origin URL: NASA Keeps Watch Over Space ExplosionsPortal origin nid: 435818Published: Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 14:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission has been observing a type of space explosion called magnetic reconnection for three years. MMS just witnessed such an explosion in a unique location: the part of Earth’s magnetic environment trailing behind the planet, away from the Sun — with enough resolution to reveal its true nature more clearly.Portal image: conceptual animation depicting MMS observation of magnetic reconnectionScience Categories: Sun