Saturn’s Hot Plasma Explosions
December 15, 2010
This animation based on data obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows how the “explosions” of hot plasma on the night side (orange and white) periodically inflate Saturn’s magnetic field (white lines). credit: University of Iowa/NASA/JPL
Topics:
Astronomy, Physics, Space exploration, Magnetosphere of Saturn, Plasma, Cassini–Huygens, Titan, Saturn, Spaceflight, Io, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, University of Iowa/NASA/JPL, University of Iowa, Iowa, animation
