Dynamic Earth Shielded From Solar Storms
June 20, 2012
Watch as this NASA animation shows the sun blasting out a giant explosion of magnetic energy called a coronal mass ejection and the Earth being shielded from this by its powerful magnetic field. credit: NASA
Topics:
Environment, Technology Internet, Coronal mass ejection, Plasma physics, Space plasmas, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Solar proton event, Stellar magnetic field, Coronal loop, Sun, Corona, animation, magnetic energy
