Earth  Sun  ID: 10356

THEMIS Discovers Biggest Breach of Earth's Magnetosphere

Released on December 15, 2008
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NASA's THEMIS mission has overturned a longstanding belief about the interaction between solar particles and Earth's protective magnetic field. This new discovery could help scientists predict when the solar storms that can disrupt power grids, satellites and even GPS signals, could be especially severe.

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Credits

Walt Feimer (HTSI): Lead Animator
Rich Melnick (HTSI): Video Editor
Laura Motel (UMBC): Video Editor
Laura Motel (UMBC): Narrator
Laura Motel (UMBC): Producer
David G. Sibeck (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Jefferson Beck (UMBC): Videographer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (UMBC): Videographer
Laura Motel (UMBC): Writer
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
THEMIS

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THEMIS
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This item is part of these series:
Narrated Movies
Breach in the Bowshock
Goddard Shorts

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Magnetic Fields
SVS >> Magnetosphere
SVS >> THEMIS
SVS >> Edited Feature
DLESE >> Narrated
SVS >> Voice Over Talent
NASA Science >> Earth
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0