A New Kind of Explosion on the Sun
- Visualizations by:
- Tom Bridgman
- Written by:
- Mara Johnson-Groh
- Produced by:
- Genna Duberstein
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Music Credit: Light Hearted Angst by Dewey Dellay
In the scorching upper reaches of the Sun’s atmosphere, the corona, scientists have just seen a new type of magnetic explosion. Known as forced or controlled magnetic reconnection, this process occurs when a nearby eruption causes tangled magnetic field lines to explosively snap and realign, flinging out particles and energy. The discovery may help scientists understand a key mystery about the Sun’s atmosphere.
Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Visualizer
- Tom Bridgman (GST) [Lead]
Writer
- Mara Johnson-Groh (Wyle Information Systems) [Lead]
Scientist
- Abhishek Srivastava (Indian Institute of Technology)
Producers
- Genna Duberstein (ADNET) [Lead]
- Genna Duberstein (ADNET)
Narrator
- Chris Smith (KBRwyle)
Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET)
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