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NASA scientists answer some frequently asked questions about the sun, space weather, and the effects on Earth. Each video is one or more scientists responding to the question above it. The videos are available as ProRes files for broadcast use and have had minor audio equalizing and color correction applied.
Space Weather FAQ Interviews
The scientists interviewed are:
Dr. Holly Gilbert, NASA Heliophysicist
Dr. Alex Young, NASA Heliophysicist
Dr. Phil Chamberlin, NASA Research Heliophysicist and SDO Deputy Project Scientist
There are also two short videos created with this interview content. They are available here.
Additional responses to these questions are available upon specific request.
For space weather-related footage, animations, and features, visit the Space Weather gallery.
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What is space weather?
Holly Gilbert answers.
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What is a solar flare?
Phil Chamberlin answers.
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What is a coronal mass ejection (CME)?
Phil Chamberlin answers.
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What are solar energetic particles (SEP)?
Phil Chamberlin and Holly Gilbert answer.
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What is the solar wind?
Alex Young answers.
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What is a solar storm?
Alex Young answers.
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What causes flares and CMEs?
Phil Chamberlin answers.
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Do all flares and CMEs hit the Earth?
Alex Young and Phil Chamberlin answer.
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What happens when a flare or CME reaches the Earth?
Alex Young answers.
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How long does it take for space weather to reach the Earth?
Alex Young, Holly Gilbert, and Phil Chamberlin answer.
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How does space weather affect me personally?
Phil Chamberlin answers.
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What protects us from space weather?
Holly Gilbert and Phil Chamberlin answer.
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What is the solar flare scale?
Holly Gilbert answers.
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What is the solar cycle?
Alex Young answers.
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What is solar maximum?
Holly Gilbert answers.
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Could a really powerful CME strip off the Earth's magnetic field?
Holly Gilbert answers.
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Could a really large flare kill people on Earth?
Phil Chamblerlin answers.
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What is a geomagnetic storm?
Alex Young answers.
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What is the KP index?
Alex Young answers.
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Why are all the images and video of the sun in strange colors?
Alex Young answers.
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What powers the sun?
Holly Gilbert answers.
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What causes the Northern Lights (auroras)?
Phil Chamberlin and Holly Gilbert answer.
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Why is it important to forecast solar events?
Holly Gilbert answers.
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Why do we use satellites to look at the sun when we can do it from the ground?
Phil Chamberlin answers.
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Why does NASA need a fleet of spacecraft to study space weather?
Holly Gilbert answers.
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Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Video Editor
Holly Gilbert (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
C. Alex Young (ADNET): Interviewee
Phil Chamberlin (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Producer
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Producer
Swarupa Nune (Vantage): Project Support
Rob Andreoli (AIMM): Videographer
Holly Gilbert (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
C. Alex Young (ADNET): Interviewee
Phil Chamberlin (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Producer
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Producer
Swarupa Nune (Vantage): Project Support
Rob Andreoli (AIMM): Videographer
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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Solar Wind
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Ultraviolet
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> Interview
SVS >> Heliophysics
DLESE >> Narrated
SVS >> Solar Storm
SVS >> Corona
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
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10941
This item is part of this series:
Narrated Movies
Goddard TV Tape:
G2012-032 -- General Heliophysics Space Weather Interviews
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Solar Wind
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Ultraviolet
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> Interview
SVS >> Heliophysics
DLESE >> Narrated
SVS >> Solar Storm
SVS >> Corona
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
