NASA Shares Video Showing Sun's 'Invisible Magnetic Field'
- 8 years ago
NASA just released a video showing the results of modelling the sun's magnetic field.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center released a video model of the sun showing the behavior of its magnetic field.
The video shows otherwise invisible lines and the sun appears as a mass of noodle-like energy; in constant flux; pulsating and sending out bursts of magnetically-charged star-stuff.
According to NASA solar scientist Holly Gilbert, "The green and the purple have a north and south polarity. The white lines are closed magnetic field lines. So, they come out from the surface of the sun, and then they loop around and close near the solar surface."
And while a sight to behold, there's practical implications as well, consideri
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center released a video model of the sun showing the behavior of its magnetic field.
The video shows otherwise invisible lines and the sun appears as a mass of noodle-like energy; in constant flux; pulsating and sending out bursts of magnetically-charged star-stuff.
According to NASA solar scientist Holly Gilbert, "The green and the purple have a north and south polarity. The white lines are closed magnetic field lines. So, they come out from the surface of the sun, and then they loop around and close near the solar surface."
And while a sight to behold, there's practical implications as well, consideri