magnetic reconnection
Solar Flares and Solar Magnetic Reconnection Get New Spotlight in Two Blazing Studies
Two recent studies published in The Astrophysical Journal discuss findings regarding solar flare properties and a new classification index and…
Astronomers Discovered a New Kind of Explosion That the Sun Can Do
Using data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a team of scientists have discovered a new type of solar phenomenon that…
- Atlas V
- Earth
- Earth Observation
- Kennedy Space Center
- Launches
- Missions
- NASA
- Observatories
- Physics
- Science
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- United Launch Alliance
- Vertical Integration Facility
NASA’s MMS Satellite Constellation Blasts to Orbit to Study Explosive Magnetic Reconnection
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA’s constellation of state-of-the-art magnetospheric science satellites successfully rocketed to orbit late Thursday night, March…
- Astronomy
- Atlas V
- Atmosphere
- Charles Bolden
- Earth
- Earth Observation
- Kennedy Space Center
- Missions
- NASA
- Satellites
- Science
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- United Launch Alliance
- Vertical Integration Facility
NASA Unravels Mysteries of Magnetic Reconnection with Nighttime Blastoff of MMS Satellite Quartet – Watch Live
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - A state of the art quartet of identical science satellites aimed at unraveling the mysteries…
- Atlas V
- Charles Bolden
- Earth
- Earth Observation
- Kennedy Space Center
- NASA
- Satellites
- Science
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
- United Launch Alliance
- Vertical Integration Facility
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Spacecraft Set for March Blastoff to study Earth’s Magnetic Reconnection Events
NASA’s first mission dedicated to study the process in nature known as magnetic reconnection undergoing final preparation for launch from…
- Atlas V
- Atmosphere
- Aurora
- Charles Bolden
- Earth
- Earth Observation
- NASA
- Science
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- United Launch Alliance
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission to Provide 1st 3-D View of Earth’s Magnetic Reconnection Process – Cleanroom visit with Bolden
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden poses with the agency’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft, mission personnel, Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese and…